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IP      1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOR   CHILDREN. 


CLASSIFIED  AND  GRADED    LIST  PREPARED   BY  NATIONS 
CONGRESS  OF  MOTHERS  LITERATURE  COMMITTEE,  ALICE 
M.  JORDAN.  CHAIRMAN. 


(REVISED.  1914.) 


Contents.— Introductory  note.— 1.  Picture  books  and  stories  for  the  youngest  readers.— 2.  Br 
8.  Education  and  life. — 4.  Natural  history,  science,  and  animal  storie3.— 5.  Stories  of  foreign  lands.— A.  Our 
own  country.— 7.  History,  myths  and  legends. — 8.  Biography.— 9.  Stories.— 10.  Poetry. — 1L  Books  for 
occupation  and  amusement — 12.  Key  to  publishers. 


INTRODUCTORY  NOTE. 

This  list  has  been  prepared  in  response  to  requests  from  parents 
for  help  in  the  selection  of  books  for  their  children. 

The  italic  letters  before  the  titles  show  the  ages  for  which  the 
books  are  suited:  a  means  under  8  years;  b,  8  to  14;  c,  over  14. 

The  classification  of  books  according  to  the  age  of  the  child  is  an 
arbitrary  method  at  best,  since  children  differ  so  greatly  in  their 
ability  to  grasp  literature.  Many  books  will,  therefore,  be  found  in 
one  list  -irhich  some  parents  will  feel  could  be  read  only  by  older 
children.  But  in  many  homes,  fortunately,  the  custom  of  reading 
aloud  to  children  has  been  observed  from  earliest  childhood.  Where 
this  is  so,  and  the  child  develops  a  love  of  books,  it  is  surprising  to 
note  the  readiness  with  which  he  will  grasp  the  best  literature. 

A  child  had  always  better  have  a  book  which  is  above  his  com- 
prehension than  one  which  is  too  young  for  him,  and  gives  his  reason, 
imagination,  or  sympathy  no  exercise. 

Though  some  "popular"  literature  finds  its  place  on  this  list,  the 
committee  hopes  that  parents  will  select  for  their  children's  reading, 
as  far  as  possible,  such  books  as  are  of  some  permanent  value,  and 
are  as  interesting  to  the  adults  as  to  the  child. 

Teachers  and  parents  who  have  access  to  public  libraries  should 
call  upon  librarians  for  further  help  when  it  is  needed.  Many  ex- 
cellent lists  are  prepared  by  the  different  libraries  and  are  obtain- 
able at  little  or  no  cost. 

So  many  books  in  series  are  issued  at  the  present  time  that  great 
care  should  be  exercised  in  selecting  for  purchase.     As  a  rule,  it  is 

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2  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOE  CHILDREN. 

not  safe  to  buy  whole  sets  of  books,  as  different  volumes  vary  greatly 
in  merit. 

Inexpensive  reprints  of  standard  books  are  published  in  many 
forms.  One  of  the  most  useful  of  the  cheap  editions  is  Everyman's 
library,  Dutton,  cloth,  35  cents;  leather,  70  cents.  This  includes  a 
large  number  of  books  desirable  for  young  people  to  read  and  is 
recommended  to  those  who  are  forming  a  library  of  their  own. 

The  Riverside  literature  series,  Houghton  Mifflin  co.,  is  made  up 
of  poems,  stories,  and  essays  from  the  world's  best  literature,  ancient 
and  modern,  over  200  volumes  in  all.  Paper,  15  cents  each;  linen, 
25  cents. 

The  Heart  of  oak  series  contains  tales  of  adventures,  heroic  stories, 
poems,  classics  from  many  languages  chosen  particularly  with  the 
aim  of  forming  a  taste  for  good  literature.  It  was  edited  by  Charles 
Eliot  Norton,  and  published  in  seven  volumes,  graded  according  to 
age>  by  D.  C.  Heath  &  co.  Per  volume:  Vol.  1,  25  cents;  vol.  2, 
35  cents;  vol.  3,  40  cents;  vol.  4,  45  cents;  vol.  5,  50  cents;  vol.  6, 
55  cents;  vol.  7,  60  cents. 

Other  series  are  noted  in  different  parts  of  this  list. 

As  guides  to  the  best  reading  for  young  and  old  the  following 
books  are  recommended:  The  choice  of  books,  Frederick  Harrison, 
75  cents;  The  book  lover,  James  Baldwin,  90  cents;  Books  and 
culture,  Hamilton  W.  Mabie,  90  cents.  Also  aids  in  the  selection 
of  children's  books :  The  children's  reading,  Frances  J.  Olcott,  Hough- 
ton Mifflin  co.,  $1.25;  A  mother's  list  of  books  for  children,  Gertrude 
W.  Arnold,  McClurg,  $1. 

A 

I.  PICTURE  BOOKS  AND  STORIES  FOR  THE  YOUNGEST  READERS. 

For  very  young  children  there  is  no  better  way  than  to  tell  over 
and  over  again  the  best  fairy  stories  and  myths,  Old  Testament 
stories,  and  simple  hero  tales. 

Books  adapted  to  the  comprehension  of  young  children  are  few 
and  have  usually  no  style  to  recommend  them.  Many  of  the  books 
in  other  divisions  of  this  list  may  be  read  to  quite  young  children, 
but  a  few  stories  are  placed  here  which  a  child  can  read  almost  as 
soon  as  he  can  read  at  all. 

Adventures  of  a  brownie.     Dinah  Mulock  Craik.     Harper.     60  cents. 
32  sop's  fables. 

There  is  a  one-syllable  edition,  edited  by  Mary  Godolphin.  McKay.    50  cents. 

Scudder's  Book  of  fables  is  more  pleasing  in  form,  however,  and  the  stories  are  chiefly  from  Msop. 
Another  fairy  reader.     James  Baldwin.     Am.  bk.  co.     192  p.     35  cents. 

In  school  book  form.    Contains  folk  lore  of  different  countries,  in  large  print  for  second  grade  chit 
dren. 

(The)  ArabeUa  and  Araminta  stories.     Gertrude  Smith.     Small.    $1  net. 
Baby  days.     Century.     192  p.    $1.10. 

A  new  selection  of  songs,  stories,  and  picttues  for  very  little  folks,  with  introduction  by  the  editot 
trf  "St  Nicholas." 


IfiOO  GOOD  BOOKS  FOB  CHILDREN.  3 

Banbury  cross  stories.    F.  W.  Howard,  ed.    Merrill.     132  p.    25  cento. 

A  small  book  of  old  nursery  talos,  in  large  type,  with  pictures. 
(The)  Blowing  away  of  Mr.  Bushy-Tail.      •  Edith  Davidson.    Warne.    50  cents. 

Telling  of  the  adventures  of  Mr.  Hushy-Tail  who  goes  out  in  search  of  food  for  his  family,  is  caught 
in  a  blizzard  and  blown  to  the  South  Pole. 
(The)  Book  of  baby  beasts.    F.  E.  Duo  dale.     Pictures  in  color  by  E.  J.  Detmold. 
Hodder.    $3.50. 
This  and  the  Book  of  baby  birds  are  beautiful  gift  books. 
Book  of  cheerful  cats.    J.  G.  Francis.     Century.    $1. 

"  Funny  "  black  and  white  pictures. 
Book  of  fables.     Horace  E.  Scudder.     H.  &  M.    illus.    50  cents. 

Fables  from  iEsop,  mainly. 
Book  of  folk  stories.    Horace  E.  Scudder.    H.  &  M.    Paper,  15  cents  net;  cloth, 
45  cents. 
Contains  the  well-known  nursery  tales. 
Book  of  horses.     Dutton.     Linen,  75  cents. 

Picture  book  for  the  youngest  children. 
Book  of  nature  myths.    Florence  Holbrook.     H.  &  M.     215  p.     65  cents. 

Subject  matter  from  the  folk  lore  of  different  nations,  arranged  for  easy  reading. 
Book  of  nursery  rhymes.     Arranged  by  Charles  Welsh.     Heath.     169  p.     30  cents. 
For  an  inexpensive  edition  of  Mother  Goose  this  is  very  satisfactory.    The  choice  is  good  and  typ« 
and  pictures  are  attractive. 
(The)  Book  of  the  sea.     Dutton.     Paper,  50  cents;  linen,  75  cents. 

Fine  pictures  that  babies  love. 
Boy  Blue  and  his  friends.    Etta  Austin  Blaisdell  and  Mary  F.  Blaisdell.     Little. 
165  p.     illus.     60  cents. 
Stories  in  which  the  familiar  characters  of  Mother  Goose  appear  in  new  rflles. 
Brownies:  their  book.     Palmer  Cox.     Century.     144  p.    $1.50. 

Long  a  favorite  picture  book,  with  its  funny  little  men  and  their  mischievous  doings.    There  an 
eight  volumes  of  Brownie  books. 
(A)  Bunch  of  keys.    Margaret  Johnson.     Dutton.    74  p.     75  cents. 

Puzzle  stories  and  pictures  arranged  like  those  in  "What  did  the  black  cat  do?"  and  "Where 
was  the  little  white  dog?  "  by  the  same  author. 
(The)  Bunnikins  bunnies  in  camp.     Edith  B.  Davidson.     H.  &  M.    95  p.    illus. 

50  cents. 
Caldecott  picture  books.    The  Hey-diddle-diddle  picture  book.    The  Panjandrum 
picture  book.     Picture  book.     Picture  book,  no.  2.     Warne.     $1.25  each. 

These  four  volumes  contain  sixteen  amusing  nursery  rhymes  and  other  verses,  which  are  sold  sepa- 
rately in  paper  covers,  25  cents  each. 
Cat  stories.     Helen  H.  Jackson.    Little.     156  p.    illus.    $2. 

Contents.— Letters  from  a  cat;  Mammy  Tittleback  and  her  family;  The  hunter  cats  of  Connorlot- 
Chansons  de  France.  J.  B.  Weckerlin.  Illus.  by  BoUtetdeMonvel.  Plon.  $2.25. 
Chicken  world.     E.  B.  Smith.     Putnam.     $2. 

Large  colored  pictures  of  different  scenes  in  the  hen  yard. 
Child  life  readers.    E  A.  Blaisdell  and  M.  F.  Blaisdell.     Macmillan. 

Book  1.  Child  life:  a  first  reader.    25  cents.    Book  2.  Child  life  in  tale  and  fable:  a  second  reader 
35  cents. 

Child-lore  dramatic  reader.     Catherine  T.  Bryce.    Scribner.     115  p.    30  centa. 

Stories,  fables,  and  rhymes,  arranged  in  dialogue  form  for  dramatization  in  the  schoolroom. 
(A)  Child's  book  of  stories.     Penryhn  W.  Coussens.     Illus.  by  Jessie  W.  Smith. 

Duffield.    $2.25. 
Child's  Christ  tales.    A.  H.  Proudfoot.     Flanagan.    $1. 

Legendary  tales  from  other  sources  than  the  Bible.    To  be  read  to  children. 
Child's  garden  of  verses.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson.    Illus.  by  Mais  and  Squire 
Rand .     50  cents. 

Illus.  by  Jessie  W.  Smith.     Scribner.     $2.50. 

Children's  book.     Horace  E.  Scudder.     H.  &  M.     444  p.     illus.     $2.50. 

A  good  collection  for  a  family  to  own,  containing  the  best  old  stories,  fables,  and  poems.    Can  noi 
be  read  by  the  youngest  children,  but  contains  much  they  like  to  hear  read. 


4  1,000    GOOD    BOOKS    FOR    CHILDREN. 

(The)  Children's  hour.    Eva  March  Tappan,  ed.    10  vols.    Illus.    Houghton 
Mifflin.     $20. 

Contains  folk  stories  nnd  fables,  myths,  etc.' 
Cock,  the  mouse,  and  the  little  red  hen.     Felicite  Lefevre.    Jacobs.    $1. 

An  old  story  with  new  colored  pictures. 
Etwas  von  den  Wurzelkindern.     Sibylle  von  Olfers.     Schreiber.    $1. 
Fairy  stories  and  fables.    James  Baldwin.     Am.  bk.  co.     35  cents. 
Fairy  tales.    Grimm  Brothers.    S.  E.  Wiltse,  ed.  2  vols.    Ginn.    35  cents  each. 

The  choice  is  well  made  and  the  type  is  good. 
(The)  Farm  book.     E.Boyd  Smith.    Full-page  colored  pictures.    H.  &  M.  illus.   $1.25 
Father  and  baby  plays.     Anne  Emilie  Poulsson.     Century.     100  p.    $1.25. 
Fifty  famous  stories  retold.    James  Baldwin.     Am.  bk.  co.     35  cents. 

A  favorite  collection  with  little  children. 
Filles    et   garcons.    Anatole   France.     Illus.  by  Boutet  de   Monvel.     JJachette. 

$1.25. 
Finger  plays  for  nursery  and  kindergarten.     Emilie  A.  Poulsson.     Lothrop.    $1.25. 
Folk-lore  readers.     E.  O.  Grover    Atkinson.     Ill  p.    30  cents. 

Based  on  Mother  Goose  stories,  nursery  rhymes,  and  j33sop's  fables. 
Folk-lore  stories  and  proverbs.     Sara  E.  Wiltse.    Ginn.     30  cents. 

Nursery  tales  in  large  type  with  small  black-and-white  pictures. 
Four-and-twenty  toilers.     E.  V.  Locas.     Colored  illus.  by  F.  D.  Bedford.-    McDevitt- 
Wilson.     $1.75. 

Unusually  attractive  picture  book  of  trades  and  occupations. 
Girls  and  Boys.    Anatole  France.     Illus.  by  Boutet  de  Monvel.     Duffield.    25  p. 
$2.25. 

Little  children  will  enjoy  the  pictures,  but  the  stories  must  be  read  to  them. 
Golden  goose  book.     Leslie  Brooke.     Warne.     colored  illus.    $2. 

Contains:  Golden  goose;  Three  bears;  Three  little  pigs;  and  Tom  Thumb. 

Each  is  sold  separately  in  paper  cover  at  50  cents. 
Goody  two  shoes.     Charles  Welsh,  ed.     Heath.    20  cents. 
Goops  and  how  to  be  them.     Gelett  Burgess.     Stokes.    $1.50. 

Absurd  pictures  with  rhymes  to  teach  manners  and  morals  to  children. 
Hans  and  Sister  Hilda.     A  Christmas  secret.     John  H.  Jewett.     Button.    50  centa. 

Pictures  in  color  with  a  little  story  in  verse. 
H&nschen  im  Blaubeerenwald.     Elsa  Beskow.    Carl,  Stuttgart.    $1. 
(The)  Happy  book.     Githa  Sowerby.     Illus.  by  Millicent  Sowerby.     Hodder.     40 

cents. 
(The)  Happy  heart  family.     Virginia  Gerson.     Duffield.    illus.    $1.25. 

A  favorite  picture  book. 
Hiawatha  primer.     Florence  Holbrook.     H.  &  M.    40  cents. 
Hopi,  the  cliff-dweller.     Martha  Jewett.     Educ.  pub.  co.    72  p.     30  cents. 

Designed  for  children  of  the  second  primary  grade. 
In  field  and  pasture.     Maude  B.  Dutton.     Am.  bk.  co.     190  p.    35  cents. 

Tells  about  the  agricultural  life  of  primitive  people,  by  means  of  stories  of  individual  children. 
Indian  child  life.     Edwin  W.  Deming.     Stokes.     $2. 

Large,  full-page  pictures,  in  color,  with  descriptive  text. 
Indian  primer.     I'lorence  C.  Fox.    Am.  bk.  co.    illus.     120  p.     25  cents. 

Five  types  of  Indians,  whose  history  is  of  special  interest  to  rhildren,  have  been  selected  as  the  basis 
of  short  stories  in  large  print 
Johnny  Crow's  garden.     Leslie  Brooke.     Warne.    $1. 

A  nonsense  rhyme,  illustrated  with  amusing  pictures.    Another  book  of  the  same  kind  is  Johnny 
Crow's  party.    Warne.    $1. 
Kling-Klang  Gloria.     II.  Lefler  and  J.  Urban.     Brentano.     $1. 

Beautifully  illustrated  book  of  German  folk-  and  child-songs,  with  music. 
Krag  and  Johnny  Bear.     Ernest  T.  Seton.     Scribner.     illus.     60  cents. 
Little  Betty  Blue.     (Untearable.)     Dutton.    8  p.    50  cents. 
Little  Black  Sambo.     Helen  Bannerman.    Stokes.    56  p.     50  cents. 

A  little  bit  of  a  nonsense  book,  with  colored  pictures,  which  will  delight  the  littlest  children. 
Little  Girl  Blue.    Josephine  S.  Gates.     II.  &  M.     50  p.    illus.    60  cents. 


lfiOO  GOOp  BOOKS  FOR  CHILDREN.  5 

Little  songs  of  long  ago.     Alfred  Moffat.     Illua.  by  Willebeek  Le  Mair.     Schirmer 
$2.50. 

The  old  times  to  familiar  nursery  rhymes,  with  beautiful  full-page  illustrations. 
Little  stories  of  little  animals  for  little  children.     Susan  Holton.     Phillips.     84  p. 
illus.    50  cents. 

Ten  cheerful  and  pleasing  stories  for  vory  little  people. 
Marigold  garden.     Kate  Greenaway.     Warne.    illus.    56  p.    $1.50  net. 

Pictures  and  rhymes. 
Marjorie  books.     Lucy  Wheelock.     Wilde.     About  50  p.  each.    $1.10  for  set. 

Six  small  volumes  full  of  pictures  and  short  stories:  "  Polly's  minutes,"  "Christmas  Eve,"  "  BessWi 
conquest,"  "A  rainy  day,"  "Jack  and  Ted,"  and  "Sara's  gift." 
More  five-minute  stories.     Laura  E.  Richards.     Estes.     150  p.    $1. 

Rhymes  and  stories  for  little  children. 
Mother  Goose  melodies.     W.  A.  Wheeler,  ed.     H.  &  M.     186  p.     illus.     $1.50. 

Other  good  editions  are  noted  in  this  list. 
My  pussy  cat  book.     Button.    Paper,  50  cents;  linen,  75  cents. 

Fine  pictures  that  babies  love. 
My  very  first  book  of  letters.     Dodder.     23  cents. 

The  alphabet,  with  illustrations  in  color  and  accompanying  verses. 
New  baby  world.     Century.     300  p.     $1.50. 

Stories  and  poems  from  St.  Nicholas. 
Nibbles  Poppelty  Poppett.     Edith  B.  Bavidson.     Little.     63  p.    illus.     75  cents. 
Nonsense  books.     Edward  Lear.     Little.    $2. 

The  nonsense  classic  of  well-tested  popularity. 
Nos  enfants.     Anatole  France.     Illus.  by  Boutet  de  Monvel.     Hachette.     $1.25. 
(The)   Nursery  rhyme   book.    Andrew   Lanq.    Complete   classified   collection   of 
"Mother  Goose"  verses.     Warne.     278  p.     $2. 

A  very  good  book  for  the  home  nursery. 
Old  Mother  West  Wind.    Thornton  W.  Burgess.     Little.     169  p.    $1. 

A  collection  of  stories,  telling  the  adventures  of  the  Merry  Little  Breezes  released  daily  from  OH 
Mother  West  Wind's  bag.    They  are  of  a  quality  to  be  recommended  for  bedtime  reading. 
Our  moo  cow  book.     Button.     Paper,  50  cents;  linen,  75  cents. 
Our  old  nursery  rhymes.    Alfred  Moffat.     Illus.  by  Willebeek  Le  Mair.     Schirmer. 
$2.50. 

With  the  original  tunes  and  beautiful  pictures. 
Outlook  story-book  for  little  people.     Laura  Winnington,  ed.    Outlook.     207  p. 
$1.20. 

A  collection  of  little  stories  and  poems  well  illustrated. 
Overall  boys.     Eulalie  O.  Grover.    Pvand.    45  cents. 

With  small  colored  pictures  and  big  print. 
Peter  and  Polly  in  summer.     Rose  Lucia.    Am.  bk.  co.    35  cents. 
Peter  Rabbit  series.     Beatrix  Potter.     Warne.     50  cents. 

Children  take  great  pleasure  in  these  tiny  books.    The  series  includes  Benjamin  Bunny;  Th« 
tailor  of  Gloucester;  Two  bad  mice;  Squirrel  Nutkin;  Mrs.  Tiggy- Winkle;  Tom  Kitten,  and  others. 
Pied  Piper.     Robert  Browning.     Illus.  by  Hope  Bunlap.     Rand.     $1.25. 

Another  edition  is  illustrated  by  Kate  Greenaway.    Warne.    $1.50. 
Polly  and  Dolly.     Mary  F.  Blaisdell.     Little.     173  p.     illus.     50  ceuts. 

Seventeen  little  stories  about  the  good  times  of  some  children  and  their  dog. 
Polly  Cologne.     Mrs.  Abby  Morton  Biaz.     Lothrop.     192  p.     illus.     $1. 

A  story  of  a  precious  rag  doll;  how  she  was  lost  and  how  she  was  found. 
Prince  Silver  Wings  and  other  fairy  tales.     Edith  Ogden   Harrison.     McClurg 
123  p.     $1.75. 

Seven  pleasantly  written  fairy  tales  with  colored  illustrations. 
Roggie  and  Reggie  stories.     Gertrude  Smith.     Harper.     95  p.     $1.50. 
(The)  Rolypoly  pudding.     Beatrix  Potter.     Warne.     70  p.     illus.    $1. 

More  about  our  old  frieud  Tom  Kitten  and  his  adventures  with  the  rat. 
Runaway  donkey.     Emilie  Poulsson.     Lothrop.     $1.25. 

Rhymes  about  animals,  printed  in  large  type,  with  many  pictures  in  black  and  whit*. 


6  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOE  CHILDREN. 

(The)  Sandman:  his  farm  stories.     William  J.  Hopkins.     217  p.    $1.10. 

Stories  for  the  youngest  children.    Good  for  bedtime  reading. 
Short  stories  for  short  people.     Alicia  Aspin wall.     Dutton.     254  p.     $1.50. 

Twenty-eight  short  whimsical  stories  of  a  purely  imaginative  kind. 
Six  nursery  classics.     Michael  V.  O'Shea.     Heath.    20  cents. 
(The)  Snow  baby.    Josephine  D.  Peary.     Stokes.    84  p.    illus.  from  photographs 

$1 .20. 
Snowman  and  other  stories.     Andrew  Land.     Longmans.     36  cents. 

Based  on  tales  in  the  fairy  books. 
'The)  Stories  of  Peter  and  Ellen.     Gertrude  Smith.     Harper.     138  p.     $1.30. 

Natural  and  wholesome  stories  of  two  small  children  who  have  many  pets  and  frolics. 
Stories  of  pioneer  life.     Florence  Bass.     Heath.     136  p.     40  cents. 

For  children  just  becoming  interested  in  the  early  history  of  our  country. 
Story  book  friends.     Clara  Murray.     Little.     185  p.     50  cents. 

Illustrated  in  color  and  in  black  and  white. 
(The)  Story  hour.     Kate  Douglas  Wiqqin  and  Nora  A.  Smith.    H.  &  M.    185  p.    $1. 

Bedtime  stories  for  children  under  ten. 
Struwwel  Peter.     Heinrich  Hoffmann.     Dutton.     50  cents. 

Sunbonnet  babies.     Eulalie  O.  Grover.     Illus.  by  Bertha  L.  Corbett.     Rand.     123 
p.     Large  print.     48  cents. 

Excellent  for  children  just  beginning  to  read  for  themselves. 
Tales  of  two  bunnies.     Katharine  Pyle.     Illus.  by  the  author.     Dutton.     $1. 

Numerous  amusing  pencil  drawings  and  short  animal  stories. 
Through  the  farmyard  gate.     Emilie  Poulsson.     Lothrop.     80  p.     $1.25. 

Pictures  of  farmyard  pets,  illustrating  verses  and  stories. 
Tom  Kitten.     Beatrix  Potter.     Warne.     50  cents. 
Tree  dwellers.     Katharine  E.  Dopp.     Rand,     illus.     45  cents. 

First  in  a  series  intended  to  teach  the  main  steps  in  the  progress  of  the  race.    Large  type  and  short 
sentences. 
'Twas  the  night  before  Christmas.     C.  C.  Moore.     Illus.  by  Jessie  Wilcox  Smith. 
H.  &  M.    $1. 

The  old  Christmas  poem,  with  colored  pictures. 
Under  the  window.     Kate  Greenaway.     Warne.    $1.50. 

Picture  book  with  short  verses.  • 

Walter  Crane's  picture  books.     The  baby's  own  Aesop.     Warne.     $1.50.     Beauty 
and  the  beast's  picture  book,  Bluebeard's  picture  book,  Buckle  my  shoe  picture 
book,  Cinderella's  picture  book,  Goody  Two  Shoes'  picture  book,  Red  Riding 
Hood's  picture  book,  Song  of  sixpence  picture  book  and  This  little  pig's  picture 
book.     Lane.    $1.25  each. 
There  are  several  stories  in  each  book  which  are  sold  separately  in  paper  covers.    25  cents  each. 
Was  Marilenchen  erlebte.    Sibylle  von  Olfers.     Schreiber.    $1. 
What  did  the  black  cat  do?    Margaret  Johnson.     Estes.     81  p.     75  cents. 

Written  partly  in  rebus  fasliion,  with  five  or  six  little  pictures  on  a  page. 
Where  was  the  little  white  dog?    Margaret  Johnson.     Estes.     79  p.     75  cents. 

A  companion  volume  to  "What  did  the  black  cat  do?' 
(The)  White  kitten  book.     Cecil  Aldin.     Dorau.    illus.     75  cents. 

The  story  of  a  kitten  told  by  herself,  with  amusing  pictures. 
Wilderness  babies.    Julia  A.  Schwarz.     Little.     $1.50. 

Simple  stories  of  wild  animal  life.    To  be  read  to  children. 
Windchen.     Sibylle  von  Olfers.     Schreiber.     $1. 

Foreign  picture  books  can  be  obtained  through  G.  E.  Stechert  &  Co.,  N.  Y. 

2.  BIBLE. 

ibc  Life  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth.     Eighty  pictures  by  William  Hole,  R.  S.  A. ,  R.  E. 
Eyre  &  Spottiswoode,  London.     $3. 

Selections  from  the  text  of  the  King  James  version  are  accompanied  by  beautiful  pictures  In 
Mlar. 


1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOB  CHILDBEN.  7 

abc  Lippincott's  Old  and  New  Testaments.  In  one  vol.,  $3;  in  two  vols.,  $1.50oach. 
abc  On  holy  ground.    Rev.  William  L.  Worcester.    Lippincott.   492  p.   illug.    $3. 

A  good  arrangement  of  the  Bible  for  children  of  any  age.  The  stories  are  given  straight  from  the 
Bible,  not  paraphrased.  Each  story,  however,  is  set  in  a  simple  description  of  the  time  and  conditions 
ab  "Tell  me  a  true  story."    Mary  Stewart.     Revell.    253  p.    illus.    $1.25. 

Tales  of  Bible  heroes  for  the  children  of  to-day.    Forty-eight  Bible  stories  simply  and  well  told. 

3.  EDUCATION  AND  LIFE. 

c  "Boy  wanted."    Nixon  Waterman.     Forbes.    $1.25. 

Cheerful  counsel  on  opportunity  and  success. 
e  (A)  Bundle  of  letters  to  busy  girls  on  practical  matters.    Grace  II.  Dodgb.     Wagnall. 
139  p.     50  cents. 
Sensible  and  helpful  talks  to  girls. 
c Ethics  of  the  dust.    John  Ruskin.     Dutton.     (Everyman's  library.)    35  cents. 
6c  From  youth  into  manhood.    Winfield  S.  Hall.    Y.  M.  C.  A.  press.    50  cents. 

On  sex  education.    Designed  for  boys,  11-15  years.    Recommended  by  the  American  vigilanc* 
association. 
c  Girl  and  woman.    Caroline  W.  Latimer.     Appleton.    $1.50. 

An  excellent  book  on  sex  education  with  helpful  suggestions  to  mothers,  but  should  be  carefully 
used  with  young  girls.    Recommended  by  the  American  vigilance  association. 
c  (The)  Girl  wanted.    Nixon  Waterman.     Forbes.    $1.25. 

Talks  on  character  and  conduct, 
c  Letters  to  the  farm  boy.     Henry  Wallace.     Macmillan.     180  p.    $1. 

Intended  to  aid  in  starting  the  farm  boy  on  the  right  track.    The  book  has  also  been  read  with 
interest  by  city  boys, 
c  What  can  a  young  man  do?    Frank  W.  Rollins.     Little.    $1.50. 

Short  descriptions  of  professions  and  trades,  with  much  good  advice  and  information,  by  a  business 
man. 

4.  NATURAL  HISTORY,  SCIENCE,  AND  ANIMAL  STORIES. 

fecA-hunting  of  the  deer.    Charles  Dudley  Warner.     H.  &  M.     85  p.     Paper^ 

15  cents. 
Sketches  of  outdoor  life,  written  with  humor  and  charm. 
6  Adventures  of  two  ants.     Nanny  Hammarstrom.     Stokes.     79  p.     illus.     $1. 

A  story  in  the  form  of  an  autobiography  telling  the  life  history  of  Rufa  from  egg  to  full-grown  ant. 
be  American   natural   history.    William   J.    Hornaday.     Scribner.    449   p.    illus. 
$3.50. 
"A  foundation  of  useful  knowledge  of  the  higher  animals  of  North  America." 
be  Animal  story  book.    Andrew  Lang.     Longmans.     400  p.    illus.     $1.50. 

"True  stories  more  or  less,"  and  most  of  them  very  interesting. 
be  Astronomy  from  a  dipper.     Eliot  C.  Clarke.     H.  &  M.     illus.     60  cents. 

A  simple  book  for  the  beginner  who  wishes  to  learn  the  constellations.    Gives  charts  and  maps. 
ab  Aunt  Martha's  corner  cupboard.     Mary  and  Elizabeth    Kirby.     Nelson.    144  p. 
illus.     60  cents. 
Stories  about  tea.  coffee,  sugar,  rice,  etc. 
abc  (The)  Bee  people.     Margaret  W.  Morley.     McClurg.     177  p.     illus.     $1.25. 

A  fascinating  description  of  these  wonderful  creatures  told  in  the  form  of  a  story. 
b  (The)  Biography  of  a  grizzly.     Ernest  Thompson  Seton.     Century,     illus.     $1.50. 
abc  Bird  guide.     Land  birds  east  of  the  Rockies.     Chester  A.  Reed.     200  colored 
plates.     75  cents. 
A  pocket  companion  for  a  child  who  is  beginning  to  learn  the  birds. 
be  Bird-life.     Frank  M.  Chapman.     Appleton.     187  p.     75  colored  plates.     $2. 

Contains  a  field  key  to  the  common  birds.    A  useful  guide  for  the  older  children  and  adults. 
abc  Bird  neighbors.     NeltjeBlanchan.     Doubleday.     234  p.     colored  illus.    $2  net. 
An  introductory  acquaintance  with  150  birds  commonly  found  in  the  gardens,  meadows    and 
woods  about  our  homes.    School  edition  sold  for  50  cents. 
fee  Bird  stories  from  Burroughs.    John  Burroughs.     H.  &  M.     171  p.    illus.    80 
cents. 
AD  invitation  to  further  study. 


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«  Biid  world.     J.  II.  Stickney  and  Ralph  Hoffmann.     With  10  full-page  illustra- 
tions by  Ernest  Thompson  Seton,  and  colored  plates.     Ginn.    214  p.     75  cento 
net. 
A  book  for  young  children. 
be  Birds  and  bees,  sharp  eyes  and  other  papers.    John  Burroughs.     U.&  M. 
96  p.    40  cents. 

For  over  forty  years  the  breezy  pages  of  this  author  have  been  winning  enthusiastic  observers  to 
outdoor  life. 
6  Book  of  the  ocean.     Ernest  Ingersoll.     Century.    274  p.    illus.    $1.50. 

A  good  book  for  the  boy  or  girl  who  likes  to  read  of  ocean  voyages,  the  vessels  in  which  they  are 
made,  and  the  wonders  of  the  sea. 
c  (The)  Boy  electrician.    Alfred  P.  Morgan.     Lothrop.     394  p.    illus.,  diagrams. 
$2  net. 

Practical  plans  for  electrical  apparatus  for  work  and  play,  with  an  explanation  of  the  principles 
of  every-day  electricity. 
be  (The)  Boy  with  the  TJ.  S.  Foresters.     Francis  Rolt- Wheeler.     Lothrop.     317  p. 
illus.    $1.50. 

An  interesting  and  timely  hook  with  very  little  plot  but  a  great  deal  of  adventure.    Precisely  what 
forestry  is  and  what  timber  conservation  means  is  told  in  an  attractive  and  interesting  way. 
be  (The)  Boy  with  the  U.  S.  Survey.     Francis  Rolt- Wheeler.     Lothrop.     381  p. 
illus.    $1.50. 

Recounts  some  of  the  important  work  being  done  by  the  U.  S.  Geological  Survey  in  the  guise  of  o 
story  of  a  sturdy  boy's  experience.    Though  written  for  boys,  it  will  be  equally  Interesting  to  many 
adult  readers. 
c  Boy's  book  of  model  aeroplanes.     Francis  A.  Collins.     Century.     308  p.    $1.50. 

Tells  how  to  build  and  fly  them  and  shows  plans  and  pictures. 
be  Children's  book  of  stars.    Geraldine  E.  Mitton.     Black.     206  p.     colored  illus. 
$2. 
Written  in  simple  language  "to  awaken  the  interest  of  intelligent  children."    Very  attractive. 
6c  Earth  and  sky  every  child  should  know.    Julia  E.  Rogers.     Doubleday.    244  p. 
$1.20. 
Studies  in  geology  and  astronomy. 
fee  Field  book  of  American  wild  flowers.     F.  Schuyler  Mathews.     Putnam.     551  p. 
colored  illus.    $1.75. 
An  excellent  handy  guide. 
abc  (The)  First  book  of  birds.     Olive  Thorne  Miller.     H.  &  M.     144  p.    colored 
pictures.     $1. 
Descriptions  of  some  of  the  most  common  birds  and  their  habits,  Including  many  anecdotes. 
6  First  studies  of  plant  life.     George  F.  Atkinson.     Holt,    illus.     CO  cents,  net. 
abc  Flower  guide.     Chester  A.  Reed.     Reed.     $1. 

Three  hundred  and  twenty  flowers  in  color.    Carefully  indexed  by  color.    Identification  of  flowers 
made  very  easy. 
fe  Fly-aways  and  other  seed  travelers.     Francis  M.  Fultz.     Pub.  school.     186  p. 
illus.     60  cents. 

Tells  how  the  different  kinds  of  seeds  are  adapted  to  their  modes  of  travel.    Superior  in  style  and 
illustration  to  Morley's  "Little  wanderers"  and  contains  twice  as  much  material.    For  children  of 
ten  or  over. 
%b  Four-footed  Americans.     Mabel  Osgood  Wright.     Pictures  by  Ernest  Thompson 
Senn.     Macmillan.     430  p      $1.50. 
In  story  form. 
6c  (The)  Friendly  stars.     Martha  E.  Martin.     Harper.     265  p.     $1.25  net. 
aft  Friends  and  helpers.     Sarah  J.  Eddy.     Ginn.     231  p.    illus.    60  cents. 

Short  stories  about  horses,  do;;s,  and  other  domestic  animals. 
ft  Gray  lady  and  the  birds.     Stories  of  the  bird  year.     Mabel  Osgood  Wrioht. 

Macmillan.     437  p.     illus.     $1.35. 
c  Greyfriars  Bobby.     Eleanou  S.  Atkinson.     Harper.     292  p.    $1.20. 

The  story  of  a  little  Scotch  terrier  whose  monument  stands  in  Edinburgh,  to  memory  of  a  llfetinu 
of  devotion. 


1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOR  CHILDREN.  9 

be  (A)  Guide  to  the  trees.    Alice  Lounsberry.    Stokes.     313  p.    $1.75. 

Illustrated  in  color  and  black-and-white. 
c  Handbook  of  birds  of  Eastern  North  America.     Frank  M.  Chapman.     Illus.  in 
colore  and  black-and-white  by  L.  A.  Fuertes  and  others.     Appleton.    513  p. 
$3.50. 
A  full  and  authoritative  manual. 
6c  Harper's  book  for  young  gardeners.    A.  H.  Verrill.     Harper.     390  p.    illus. 
$1.50. 
Contents.— The  garden  profitable;  the  garden  ornamental;  the  garden  practical. 
be  Harper's  book  for  young  naturalists.    A  guide  to  collecting  and  preparing  speci- 
mens.   A.  H.  Verrill.     Harper.     381  p.    illus.    $1.25. 

"This  book  is  written  for  boys  who  are  interested  in  out-of-doors  life  and  out-of-doors  work,  and 
who  are  anxious  and  willing  to  learn  all  they  can  of  nature's  wonders,  and  who  collect  or  want  to 
collect  something  of  value  and  interest  in  an  intelligent  way." — Preface. 
be  Harper's  electricity  book  for  boys.    Joseph  H.  Adams.     Harper.    407  p.      illus. 
$1.75. 
A  comprehensive  practical  book  with  many  illustrations  and  directions  for  electrical  work. 
be  Harper's  wireless  book  for  boys.    A.  H.  Verrill.     Harper.     184  p.    illus.    $1.75. 
Contents.— The  why  and  how  of  wireless;  how  to  build  and  use  wireless  apparatus;  wireless 
telephony. 
be  Home  aquarium  and  how  to  care  for  it.    Eugene  Smith.     Dutton.    213  p.    illus. 
$1.20. 
This  small  book  contains  "all  that  is  required  to  establish  successfully  a  fresh-water  aquarium." 
c  How  it  is  done.    Archibald  Williams.    Nelson.    484  p.    $1.50. 

Describes  in  simple  language  how  great  engineering  achievements  in  all  parts  of  the  world  hav« 
been  accomplished.    A  good  book  for  boys  interested  in  engineering.    Fully  illustrated. 
6  How  to  attract  the  birds.    Neltje  Blanchan.     Doubleday.    224  p.    $1.35. 

A  book  well  calculated  by  its  instructive  contents, and  the  illustrations  made  from  photographs,  t« 
awaken  and  deepen  a  love  for  birds. 
be  How  to  know  the  ferns.    Frances  T.  S.  Dana.    Scribner.    215  p.    illus.    $1.50. 

A  popular  guide  to  the  identification  of  ferns  in  their  haunts. 
abc  How  to  know  the  wild  flowers.     Frances  T.  S.  Dana.     Scribner.     346  p.     $1.75. 

Arranged  by  color.    An  excellent  guide. 
b  How  two  boys  made  their  own  electrical  apparatus.    Thomas  M.  St.  John.    200  p. 

$1. 

A  good  home  book. 
c  In  the  wilderness.    Charles  Dudley  Warner.     H.  &  M.     (Riverside  literature 
series.)     30  cents. 
On  the  observation  of  nature. 
6  Insect  stories.    Vernon  L.  Kellogg.     Holt.     298  p.    illus.    $l.o0. 

True  stories  in  which  a  little  girl  and  a  naturalist  study  insect  ways  together. 
be  Jungle  book.     Rudyard  Kipling.     Century.     303  p.     $1.50. 

Kipling's  animal  stories  are  loved  by  children,  especially  when  read  aloud  to  them.    This  volume 
includes  stories  about  Mowgli,  the  boy  brought  up  by  wolves   Rikki-tikki-tavi,  the  mongoose,  and 
other  forest  people. 
be  (The)  Kindred  of  the  wild.    Charles  G.  D.  Roberts.     Page.     57  full-page  illus. 

$2. 

A  book  of  animal  life. 
be  (The)  Land  we  live  in.    Overton  W.  Price.     Small.    242  p.    $1.50. 

Contains  valuable  information  for  any  one  about  our  great  national  resources.    Many  illustrations 
abc  Life  histories  of  American  insects.     Clarence  M.  Weed.     Macmillan.    270  p. 

$1.50. 

The  pictures  are  many  and  good,  and  the  descriptions  simple,  explaining  many  of  the  little  nestj 
and  burrows  we  have  all  wondered  about  so  many  times  in  summer. 
ab  Little  beasts  of  field  and  wood.     William  E.  Cram.     Small.     2G1  p.     $1.25. 

Simply  told  accounts  of  the  habits  of  small  common  animals. 
be  (A)  Little  brother  to  the  bear.     William  J.  Long.     Ginn.     276  p.     $1.50. 

A  description  of  animals  and  animal  life  written  in  Mr.  Long's  usual  interesting  way.  Other  nooks 
by  this  author  include  The  school  of  the  woods.  Ginn.  $1.50.  The  ways  of  wood  folk  Ginn. 
75  cents.    Wilderness  ways.    Ginn.    75  cents. 

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be  Lives  of  the  hunted.     Ernest  Thompson  Seton.     Scribner.     360  p.     illus.    $2. 
be  Machinery  book  for  boys.    Joseph  H.  Adams.     Harper.     373  p.    $1.75. 
6c  Madam  How  and  Lady  Why.    Charles  C.  Kingslev.    Macmillan.     321  p.    $1.25. 
Telling  of  some  or  the  more  obvious  workings  of  nature,  making  it  easy  and  interesting  for  children 
to  observe  for  themselves. 
6c  Minerals  and  how  to  study  them.     Edward  S.  Dana.     Wiley,    illus.     380  p. 
$1.50. 
"  Best  elementary  handbook  on  minerals." 
6c  Moths  and  butterflies.    Mary  C.  Dickerson.     Ginn.     344  p.    illus.  from  photo- 
graphs.   $1.25. 
c  (The)  Mountains  of  California.    John  Mutr.     Century.     381  p.    illus.    $1.50. 

Essays  for  the  more  mature  readers, 
c  Other  worlds  than  ours.     Richard  A.  Proctor.     Appleton.     339  p.    $1.25. 
6c  Our  insect  friends  and  foes.     Belle  S.  Craqin.     Putnam.     361  p.    illus.    $1.75. 

"How  to  collect,  preserve,  and  study  them."    A  manual  for  beginners. 
6c  Our  native  trees.     Harriet  L.  Keeler.     Scribner.     537  p.    illus.  from  photo- 
graphs.   $2. 

Descriptions  easy  to  comprehend,  careful  and  accurate.    Contains  a  brief  finding  key.    Probably 
the  most  helpful  single  book  for  young  people. 
6c  Pepacton.    JonN  Burroughs.     H.  &  M.     260  p.     $1.25. 

"For  the  development  of  close  observation  and  good  feeling  toward  the  common  things  of  life,  I 
know  of  no  writings  better  than  those  of  John  Burroughs."    Other  volumes  of  essays  by  him  which 
young  people  enjoy,  are  Locusts  and  wild  honey,  Riverby,  and  Wake  robin. 
6  Plants  and  their  children.     Frances  T.  Dana.    Am.  bk.  co.    265  p.     65  cents. 
ab  Prince  and  his  ants.     Luigi  Bertelli.     Holt.     275  p.    illus.     $1.30. 

Tells  about  a  little  Italian  boy  who  became  an  ant  and  had  many  thrilling  adventures  with  other 
ants  and  wasps  a»d  bees. 
(The)  Romance  of  modern  invention.    Archibald  Williams.    Pearson.    346  p. 
$1.50. 

Contains  descriptions  of  wireless  telegraphy,  liquid  air,  modern   artillery,  submarines    dirigible 
torpedoes,  solar  motors,  airships,  etc. 
c  (The)  Romance  of  modern  photography.     Charles  R.  Gibbon.     Lippincott.     $1.50. 

Recommended  as  a  home  book.    An  interesting  history  of  photography. 
6c  (The)   Sea-beach  at  ebb-tide.     Augusta  F.  Arnold.     Century.     490  p.     illus. 
$2.40. 

In  spite  of  technical  names  and  expressions  this  book  can  be  used  by  young  collectors  because  ol 
its  many  fine  pictures  and  plain  descriptions. 
6  Second  book  of    birds.     Olive    Thorne    Miller.     H.  &  M.    204  p.    colored 
illus.    $1. 
Simple  descriptions  of  the  "most  common  or  typical  species." 
6c  (The)  Second  jungle  book.     Rudyard  Kipling.     Century.    324  p.    illus.    $1.50. 
"Now  these  are  the  laws  of  the  Jungle, 
And  many  and  mighty  are  they; 
But  the  head  and  the  hoof  of  the  Law 
And  the  haunch  and  the  hump  is — Obey  I" 
06  Seed  babies.     Margaret  W.  Morley.     Ginn.     71  p.     25  cents. 
6c  Shaggy  coat.     Clarence  Hawkes.     Jacobs.    237  p.     $1.25. 

An  instructive  and  entertaining  story  of  the  life  of  a  beaver. 
6c  (A)  Song  of  life.     Margaret  Morley.     McClurg.     $1.25. 

To  be  read  with  a  child. 
a6c  Squirrels  and  other  fur-bearers.     John  Burroughs.     H.  &  M.     144  p.     $1. 

A  very  attractive  little  book,  describing  15  different  animals,  each  description  enlivened  by  a  full- 
page  colored  picture. 
6c  Star  lore  of  all  ages.     William  T.  Olcott.     Putnam.    449  p.     illus.     $3.50. 

A  collection  of  myths,  legends,  and  facts  concerning  the  constellations  of  the  Northern  hemisphere. 
A  good  book  for  the  home. 
6  Stories  of  insect  life.     Clarence  M.  Weed.     Ginn.     vol.  1,  25  cents;  vol.  2,  30 

cents. 
«6   (The)  Stories  Mother  Nature  told  her   children.     Jane    Andrews.     I/ee.     161 
"».    $1. 


1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOE  CHILDBEN.  11 

be  Stories  of  inventors.    Russell  Doublkday.     Doubleday.     221  p.    $1.25. 
The  adventures  of  Inventors  and  engineers;  true  incidents  and  personal  experiences. 
Very  simple  nature  stories  for  children  under  10. 
b  Story  of  wool.    Sara.  W.  Bassett.    Penn.    213  p.    illus.    75    cents. 

Tells  of  an  eastern  boy's  visit  to  a  western  sheep  ranch  and  joins  information  with  adventure. 
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A  lively  account  of  the  author's  visit  among  the  Laplanders. 
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be  (The)  Story  of  Siegfried.    James  Baldwin.     Scribner.     300  p.    illus.     $1.10. 

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6  (The)  Story  of  Sir  Galahad.     Mary  B.  Sterling.     Dutton.     223  p.     $1.50. 

Spirit  of  the  stories  religious  rather  than  romantic. 
be  Story  of  the  Cid.     Calvin  D.  Wilson.     Lothrop.     313  p.    $1.25. 

This  edition  of  the  Story  of  the  Cid,  the  "most  splendid  of  Spanish  heroes,"  is  founded  upon  tin 
translation  of  Southey. 
be  Story  of  the  Crusades.    E.  M.  Wilmot-Buxton.    Crowell.    286  p.    $1.20. 
be  (The)  Story  of  the  golden  age.    James  Baldwin.    Scribner.    286  p.    $1.50. 
Tales  of  old  Greece. 


20  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOE  CHILDREN. 

6c  (The)  Story  of  the  grail  and  the  passing  of  Arthnr.     Howard  Pyli.     Scribner. 
268  p.    illua.    $2.50. 

This  fourth  and  last  book  of  the  author's  King  Arthur  series  contains:  The  story  of  Sir  Geralnt; 
The  story  of  Sir  Galaliad;  and  The  passing  of  Arthur. 
6  (The)  Story  of  the  Greek  people.     Eva  March  Tappan.     H.  &  M.    257  p.    illus. 
65  cents. 
Pictures  the  customs  of  the  people,  their  manner  of  living  and  thinking  and  feeling. 
be  Story  of  the   Idylls   of  the  king.     Inez   N.  McFee.     Stokes.     394   p.     colored 
illus.    $2. 

A  beautiful  gift  book,  serving  as  an  introduction  to  Tennyson.    Contains  the  original  poem  as  well 
as  a  prose  rendering. 
6  Story  of  the  Rhinegold.     Anna  A.  Chapin.     Harper.     138  p.    $1.25. 

Contains  the  four  operas  of  Wagner's  "Nibelungen  ring,"  arranged  for  young  people. 
be  Story  of  the  Romans.  H.  A.  Guerber.  Am.  bk.  co.  288  p.  60  cents. 
6c  (The)  Story  of  Troy.    M.  Clarke.     Am.  bk.  co.     45  cents. 

A  plain,  substantially  bound  book,  telling  the  story  simply. 
6  Tales  of  King  Arthnr.    Margaret  V.  Farrington.     Putnam.    276  p.    $1.25. 

A  good  ono-volume  edition,  containing  an  introduction  on  the  laws  of  chivalry.    A  useful  version 
for  the  story-teller. 
6c  Tales  of  Troy  and  Greece.     Andrew  Lang.     Longmans.     302  p.    illus.    $1. 

Attractive  in  make-up,  well  illustrated,  and  delightfully  told.    Contains  the  adventures  of  Odys- 
seus, Meleager,  Perseus,  and  Theseus. 
6  Tanglewood  tales.     Nathaniel  Hawthorne.     H.  &  M.    227  p.    illus.    $1. 

"A  second  Wonder-book."    Contains:  The  minotaur;  The  pygmies;  The  dragon's  teeth;  Circe's 
palace;  The  pomegranate  seeds;  and  The  golden  fleece. 
6  Ten  boys  who  lived  on  the  road  from  long  ago  to  now.    Jane  Andrews.    Ginn. 
243  p.     50  cents. 
An  introduction  to  history,  showing  the  great  changes  in  life  and  living  between  long  ago  and  now. 
6e  True  story  book.    Andrew  Lang.     Longmans.     337  p.    $2. 

Short  tales  of  adventure,  of  heroism,  and  of  mystery. 
6  With  spurs  of  gold.     F.  N.  Greene  and  D.  W.  Kirk.     Little.     291  p.    $1.50. 

Possesses  charm  of  style  and  interest  for  children  in  its  retelling  of  chivalric  tales. 
6  (A)  wonder-book.    Nathaniel  Hawthorne.     H.  &  M.    256  p.    $1.25. 

Stories  from  Grecian  mythology,  as  entertaining  as  fairy  tales. 
6e  Wonder-book  of  old  romance.     F.  J.  H.  Darton.     Stokes.    424  p.    illus.    $1.50. 

A  sumptuous  book  containing  thirteen  romantic  tales  from  old  English  poetry. 
6c  Wonder  tales  from  Wagner.    Anna  Alice  Chapin.     Harper.     189  p.     $1.25. 

Stories  and  motifs  of  the  German  operas. 
c  Young    people's  history  of    Holland.     William    E.  Gripfis.     H.  &    M.     322    p. 
illus.    $1.35. 

8.  BIOGRAPHY. 

c  Alexander  the  Great.     Benjamin  I.  Wheeler.     Putnam.     (Heroes  of  the  nations 
series.)    $1.50. 
Not  written  for  children,  but  sufficiently  popular  in  form  to  be  enjoyed  by  intelligent  young  people. 
e.  (The)  Autobiography  of  Benjamin  Franklin.     Houghton.     40  cents. 
6c  Rook  of  princes  and  princesses.    Andrew  Lang.     Longmans.     361  p.    $1.60. 
6c  Rook  of  saints  and  heroes.     Leonora  B.  Lang.     Longmans.    351  p.    illus.    $1.60. 
6c  Roys'  and  girls'  Plutarch.    John  S.  White.     Putnam.    457  p.    $1.75. 

Differs  from  the  Children's  Plutarch  in  preserving  the  parallel  arrangement  of  the  original 
6c  Roys' life  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     Helen  Nicolay.     Century.     317  p.     illus.     $1.50. 
Better  adapted  to  children  over  twelve  than  younger.    Contains  a  good  deal  on  the  political  sid« 
of  the  Civil  War. 
6c  Hoys'  life  of  Edison.     William  H.  Meadowcroft.     Harper.     322  p.    $1.25. 
« (The)  Roys'  life  of  Ulysses  S.  Grant.     Helen  Nicolay.     Century.     378  p.    illus 
$1.50. 

Based  on  Grant's  personal  memoirs,  supplemented  by  other  standard  biographies  and  btotories 
The  style  is  simple,  direct,  and  eloquent 

b  Captain  John  Smith.    Tudor  Jenks      Century     259  p.    illus.    $1.20. 


1,000  GOOD  BOOKS   FOB  CHILDBEN.  21 

c  Charles  Dickens  and  his  girl  heroines.    Belle  Moses.    Appleton.    331  p.    $1.25. 
be  (The)  Children's  Plutarch.    Arranged  by  F.  J.  Gould.     Harper.    2  vols.    $1.50. 

One  of  these  small  books  contains  the  Tales  of  the  Greeks,  the  other  the  Tales  of  the  Romans.    They 
are  well  retold,  though  considerably  simplified. 
e  Constantine  the  Great.    John  B.  Fieth.    Putnam.     368  p.     (Heroes  of  the  nations 
series.)    $1.50. 

The  reorganization  of  the  Empire  and  the  triumph  of  the  Church.    This  series  contains  many 
volumes  interesting  to  young  people. 
c  Daniel  Boone.     Reuben  G.  Thwaites.    Appleton.    257  p.    $1. 

A  concise  biography,  interesting  and  instructive  for  boys  who  like  to  read  history. 
be  Daniel  Boone  and  the  wilderness  road.    H.   Addington  Bruce.    Macmillan. 

349  p.    illus.    $1.50. 
6  European  hero  stories.    Eva  March  Tappan.     H.  &  M.    249  p.    illus.    65  cents. 
6c  Florence  Nightingale.    Laura  E.  Richards.    Appleton.    167  p.    $1.25. 
ab  Four  great  Americans.    James  Baldwin.    Am.  bk.  co.    246  p.    50  cents. 

Unattractive  in  form,  with  a  school-book  cover  and  poor  illustrations.    The  stories  of  Washington, 
Franklin,  Webster,  and  Lincoln  are  simply  and  well  told  for  very  young  readers. 
b  George  Washington.    Horace  E.  Scudder.    H.  &  M.    248  p.    40  cents. 

An  excellent  simple  biography,  authoritative  and  well  written. 
be  Giant  of  three  wars :  a  life  of  General  Winfield  Scott.    James  Barnes.  .  Appleton. 

$1.25 
c  God's  troubadour.     Sophie  Jewett      Crowell.     185  p.    illus.     $1.25  net. 

The  story  of  St.  Francis  of  Assisi. 
c  Heroes  and  heroines  of  English  history.    Alice  S.   Hoffman.     Dutton.    illus. 

$2.50. 
be  Heroines  that  every  child  should  know.    Hamilton   W.   Mabie.     Doubleday. 
283  p.    $1.50. 

"The  stories  .  .  .  have  been  collected  from  many  sources  in  the  endeavor  to  illustrate  the  wid« 
range  of  heroism  in  the  lives  of  brave  and  noble  women." — Preface. 
They  range  from  Alcestis  to  Florence  Nightingale. 
6  History  of  King  Alfred.    Jacob  Abbott.     Harper.     270  p.     50  cents. 

The  Abbott  histories,  though  written  a  long  time  ago,  still  hold  the  attention  of  children  and  stimu- 
late a  genuine  interest  in  other  times  and  other  countries. 
c  Jeanne  D'Arc,  the  maid  of  France.    Mart  R.  Bangs.     H.  &  M.     351  p.    $1.25. 
6c  Joan  of  Arc.     M.  Boutet  -de  Monvel.     Colored  illustrations  by  the  author.     Cen- 
tury.    $3. 

A  wonderful  picture  book,  giving  an  accurate  idea  of  the  architecture  and  dress  of  the  period  and 
telling  the  story  of  the  maid  in  simple  dramatic  words. 
6  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     Charles  W.  Moores.     H.  &  M.     132  p.     60  cents. 

One  of  the  best  short  lives  of  Lincoln. 
c  Louisa  May  Alcott.     Belle  Moses.     Appleton.     $1.25  net. 

c  Louise,  Queen  of  Prussia.     Heinrich  Merz.     McClurg.     (Life  stories  for  young 
people.)    50  cents. 

Translated  from  the  German. 
r.  Making  of  an  American.    Jacob  Rns.     Macmillan.     443  p.     illus.     $1.50. 

An  inspiring  autobiography. 
c  (The)  Promised  land.     Mary  Antin.     H.  &  M.     373  p.     $1.75. 

America  as  seen  through  the  eyes  of  a  gifted  young  Russian  Jewess.    A  wonderful  revelation  to 
American-born  young  people. 
6c  Bed  book  of  heroes.     Leonora  B.  Lang.     Longmans.     368  p.     illus.     $1.60. 

These  men  and  women  are  -'good  to  live  with,  good  to  know,  good  to  go  with." 
c  BobertE.  Lee,  man  and  soldier.     Thomas  Nelson  Page      Scribner.     715  p.     $2.50. 

Not  written  for  children,  but  sufficiently  popular  and  interesting  for  young  people. 
be  Boll  call  of  honour.    A.  T.  Quiller-Couch.     Nelson.     348  p.    $1.50. 

Contents.— Bolivar,  John  Brown,  Abraham  Lincoln,  Garibaldi,  David  Livingstone,  Ftorenoe 
Nightingale,  Pasteur,  Gordon,  Father  Damien. 
c  Seven  ages  of  Washington.    Owen  Wister.    Macmillan.    263  p.    $2. 

Excellent  for  the  older  children. 


22  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOE  CHILDREN. 

be  Story  of  Caesar.     M.  Clarke.     Am.  bk.  co.     173  p.     45  cents. 

Plain  and  substantial  in  form,  but  written  in  an  interesting  way. 
b  Story  of  David  Livingstone.     Dutton.     (Children's  heroes  series.)    50  cents. 

Excellent  small  biographies,  simply  told  and  with  colored  pictures.    They  are  adapted  to  children 
of  10-11. 
b  Story  of  General  Gordon.    Jeanie   Lanq.     Dutton.     colored  illus.     (Children's 

heroes  series.)    50  cents, 
c  (The)  Story  of  my  life.     Helen  Keller.     Doubleday.    441  p.    $1.35. 

The  first  part  of  the  book  contains  the  autobiography  of  Helen  Keller.    The  last  part  consists  of 
letters  written  by  Helen  Keller  between  1887  and  1901,  and  also  an  account  of  her  education  written 
by  J.  A.  Macy. 
b  (The)   Story  of  Nelson.     Edmund  F.   Sellar.     Dutton.     119  p.    colored  illus. 

(Children's  heroes  series.)     50  cents. 
6c  Ten  girls  from  history.     K.  B.  Sweetsbr.     Duffield.    228  p.    $2. 
6  True  story  of  Christopher  Columbus.     E.  S.  Brooks.     Lothrop.    $1.50. 

Easy  reading  for  children  who  are  beginning  history. 
c  Two  noble  lives :  Samuel  Gridley  Howe  and  Julia  Ward  Howe.     Laura  E.  Rich* 

ards.     Estes.     76  p.     60  cents, 
c  Up  from  slavery.    Booker  T.  Washington.     Doubleday.     320  p.    $1  50. 
Autobiography  of  the  well-known  educator  of  the  colored  race. 

9.  STORIES. 

6  (The)  Abandoned  claim.     Flora  H.  Loughead.     H.  &  M.     $1.25. 

A  Western  story. 
b  Abbie  Ann.     George  Madden  Martin.     Century.     252  p.     $1.50. 

Boarding-school  life  and  trials  of  a  little  Western  girl 
6  Adopting  of  Rose  Marie.     Carroll  W.  Rankin.     Holt.     $1.50. 

Sequel  to  Dandelion  cottage. 
ab  Adventures  of  a  doll.     Nora  A.  Smith.     McClure.     $1. 
b  Adventures  of  Billy  Topsail.     Norman  Duncan.     Fleming.    $1.50. 

Adventures  and  perils  of  the  self-reliant  son  of  a  Newfoundland  fisherman. 
ab  JEsop's  fables. 

The  following  editions  are  good:  Fables  of  JEsop.    Ed.  by  Jacobs.    Illus.  by  Heighway.    Ma* 
millan.   $1.50.    Book  of  fables.    Chosen  by  Scudder.    H.  &  M.    35  cents.    Fables.    Illus.  by  Rackhara. 
Doubleday.    $1.50. 
abc  Alice's  adventures  in  wonderland.     Lewis  Carroll.     Illus.  by  Sir  John  Tenniel. 
Macmillan.     $1. 
This  is  the  standard  edition.    There  is  another  illustrated  by  Rackham.    Doubleday.    $1.40  net. 
b  All  Shakespeare's  tales.     Tales  from  Shakespeare  by  Lamb,  and  Tales?  by  Stokes. 
Illus.  by  Maria  Kirk.     Stokes.     453  p.     $2. 
Contains  versions  of  the  historical  plays,  not  given  by  Lamb. 
6  (The)  All  sorts  of  stories.    Mrs.  Leonora  B.  Lang.     Longmans.     377  p.    $1.60 

With  the  exception  of  the  first  story,  the  collection  is  excellent  and  will  interest  children  of  12 
and  older. 
6  Among  the  camps.     Thomas  N.Page.     Scribner.     163  p.     $1.50. 

Four  short  stories  of  the  Civil  War  time. 
6  Anne  Nelson,  a  little  maid  of  Province  Town.     Alice  T.  Curtis.     Penn.     263  p.   $1. 

A  simple,  natural  story  of  the  life  of  a  motherless  little  girl  on  Cape  Cod  during  the  Revolution. 
be  Anne  of  Green  Gables.     Lucy  M.  Montgomery.     Page.     429  p.     $1.50. 

A  quaint,  lovable  heroine  and  many  amusing  situations. 
be  Anne's  terrible  good  nature  and  other  stories.     E.  V.  Lucas.     Macmillan.    262  p. 
$1.75. 

Eleven  unusually  fresh  and  interesting  stories,  each  with  its  lesson  of  kindness  and  thoughtfulness 
for  others. 
be  Arabian  nights. 

The  following  editions  are  good:  Arabian  nights,    nius.  by  Parrish.    Scribner.    $2.50.    Arabian 
nights.    Ed.  by  Olcott.    Holt.    $1.60.    Arabian  nights  entertainments.    Ed.  by  Lang.    Longmans. 
$2.    Stories  from  the  Arabian  nights.    H.  &  M.    40  cents. 
ab  (The)  Arkansas  bear.    Albert  Bigelow  Paine.     Altemus.     253  p.     $1. 
The  amusing  travels  of  ''Bosephus  and  the  fiddle  and  the  big  black  bear." 


1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOB  CHILDBBN.  23 

ab  At  the  back  of  the  north  wind.    George  Macdonald.     Lippincott.    352  p.    $1.50. 

A  new  edition  of  this  favorite  modern  fairy  tale.    Colored  Illustrations  by  Maria  L.  Kirk. 
c  Austen,  Jane.     Hampshire  edition.     5  vols.     Putnam.     $1  each. 
6  Baby  Elton,  quarterback.     Leslie  W.  Quirk.    Grosset.     (Boy  scout  edition.)    50 
cents. 
Wholesome  school  and  athletic  story. 
b  Beautiful  Joe.    Marshall  Saunders.     American  Baptist.    398  p.    illus.    $1.25. 
A  popular  dog  story  written  for  the  Humane  society,  teaching  humane  and  sympathetic  treatment 
of  animals.    Published  in  different  editions  of  varying  price. 
be  Behind  the  line.    A  story  of  college  life  and  football.     Ralph  H.  Barbour.    Apple- 
ton.     258  p.     $1.20. 
b  Ben  Comee.    M.  J.  Canavan.    Macmillan.    $1.50. 

Time  of  Rogers  rangers  and  the  war  with  the  French  and  Indians. 
r  Ben  Hur.    A  tale  of  the  Christ.    Lew  Wallace.     Harper.    552  p.    $1.50. 

The  story  of  a  Jewish  prince  in  the  hands  of  Roman  captors  and  afterwards  restored  to  power  seta 
vividly  before  us  the  times  in  which  our  Lord  lived.    The  charm  of  the  book  is  in  life-like  descriptions. 
The  contacts  with  the  sacred  story  are  reverent. 
c  Betty  Leicester.    Sarah  Orne  Jewett.     H.  &  M.    287  p.    $1.25. 

Acquaintance  with  this  New  England  girl,  Betty  Leicester,  is  a  pleasant  and  wholesome  experieno* 
for  a  girl  of  fifteen.    There  is  a  continuation  in  Betty  Leicester's  Christmas. 
b  Billy  Topsail  and  company.    Norman  Duncan.     Revell.    $1.50. 

Continues  The  adventures  of  Billy  Topsail  in  Labrador. 
ab  Bimbi.     Louise  de  la  Ramee.     Lippincott.    $1. 

Containing:  The  Nurnberg  stove,  and  other  stories.    The  Nurnberg  stove  and  Mouffiou  are  almost 
perfect  children's  stories. 
c  (The)  Biography  of  a  prairie  girl.     Eleanor  Gates.    Century.    320  p.     $1.10. 

An  account  of  the  simple,  natural  life  of  a  girl  living  on  the  frontier  25  years  ago. 
be  (The)  Bird's  Christmas  carol.     Kate  Douglas  Wiggin.    H.  &  M.     67  p.     50 
cents. 
A  story,  both  gentle  and  entertaining,  of  a  little  invalid's  Christmas  party  to  her  poor  neighbors. 
c  (The)  Black  arrow.    Robert  Louis  Stevenson.     Scribner.    $1.25. 

Time  of  the  Wars  of  the  Roses. 
6c  Black  Beauty.    Anna  Sewell.     Crowell.    245  p.     75  cents. 

The  life  of  a  horse,  told  by  himself,  describing  his  pleasures  and  hardships  in  a  way  to  awaken 
our  sympathy. 
ab  Blackie:  his  friends  and  his  enemies.    Madge  A.   Bigham.     Little.    200  p. 
$1.50. 
Fables  from  La  Fontaine  arranged  for  children. 
ab  (The)  Blue  fairy  book.    Andrew  Lang,  ed.    Longmans,    illus.    390  p.    $2. 

Thirty-seven  of  the  most  familiar  fairy  tales. 
b  Blue  goose  chase.     Herbert  K.  Job.     Baker.     331  p.     illus. 

Written  "for  the  express  purpose  of  interesting  boys  in  hunting  with  the  camera,  showing  that 
this  can  be  made  a  manly  and  exciting  sport." 
be  Bonnie  Prince  Charlie.    George  A.  Henty.     Scribner.    384  p.     $1.50. 

Henty's  books  serve  sometimes  as  an  introduction  to  Scott  and  other  writers  of  the  best  historical 
fiction. 
ab  Book  of  folk  stories.     Horace  E.  Scudder.     H.  &  M.     152  p.     60  cents. 

A  small  collection  of  well-known  tales.    In  schoolbook  form. 
ab  (A)  Borrowed  sister.    Eliza  Orne  White.     Illus.  by  Katharine  Pyle.     H.  &  M. 
150  p.    $1. 

The  companion  volume  to  An  only  child.    The  parents  of  the  "borrowed  sister"  go  to  Europe 
for  a  year,  leaving  her  with  a  friend  of  her  own  age. 
6  Boy  emigrants.    Noah  Brooks.    Scribner.    309  p.    $1.25. 
Adventures  of  early  overland  travelers  to  the  gold  fields  of  California. 
b  Boy  settlers.    Noah  Brooks.    Scribner.    252  p.    $1.25. 

Early  times  in  Kansas. 
be  (The)  Boy  with  the  TJ.  S.  Survey.    F.  W.  Rolt-Wheeler.    Lothrop.    381  p.     illus. 
$1.50. 

An  account  m  an  expedition  with  the  U.  S.  Geological  Survey  in  which  information  is  combined 
with  an  abundance  of  adventure. 


24  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOB  OHILDBBN. 

6  (The)  Boys  and  I.    Mrs.  Molesworth.    Routledge.    234  p.    illus.    $1.50. 

An  English  story  of  a  little  girl  and  her  two  brothers. 
&  Boys  at  Chequasset.    Mrs.  A.  D.  T.  Whitney.    H.  &  M.    258  p.    $1.25. 

Experiences  of  a  city  boy  who  goes  into  the  country  to  live  and  becomes  interested  in  collecting 
birds'  eggs. 
fee  Boys  of  St.  Timothy's.    Arthur  Stanwood  Pier.    Scribner.    284  p.    $1.25. 

A  school  and  athletic  story  of  manly  tone  and  good  spirit. 
be  (The)  Boys  of  the  Blncon  Banch.     Henry  S.  Canfield.    Century.    249  p.    $1. 
be  Boys  on  the  railroad.     Harper.    212  p.     illus.     60  cents. 

Thirteen  stories  by  various  authors,  chiefly  about  boys  who  by  courage  and  resource  have  pre- 
vented railroad  disasters.    Exciting,  but  not  too  much  overdrawn  to  be  wholesome  and  stimulating. 
be  Brenda's  cousin  at  Badcliffe.     Helen  L.  Reed.     Little.    318  p.    $1.20. 

Life  at  Radcliffe  college,  interesting  to  the  older  girls. 
b  Brothers  and  sisters.    Abbie  F.  Brown.    H.  &  M.    151  p.    illus.    $1. 

Kenneth  and  Rose  spend  their  summers  on  an  island  in  Maine,  and  make  friends  with  the  children 
of  a  fisherman. 
ab  Brothers  in  fur.     Eliza  Orne  White.     H.  &  M.    117  p.    illus.    $1. 

A  bright  little  story  of  a  mother  cat  and  four  kittens— their  life  and  adventures  in  Mr.  Man's  house 
told  by  themselves. 
ab  (The)  Brownies,  and  other  tales.     Juliana  H.  Ewino.     Macmillan.     176  p. 
illus.    $1. 

The  Brownies;  The  land  of  lost  toys;  Three  Christmas  trees;  An  idyll  of  the  wood;  Christmas 
crackers;  Amelia  and  the  dwarfs. 
6  Cadet  days.    Charles  King.     Harper.    $1.25. 

West  Point  life. 
be  Camp  Brave  Pine.     Harriet  T.  Comstock.     Crowell.     398  p.    $1.25  net. 

A  campfire  girl  story. 
be  Campus  days.     Ralph  D.  Paine.    Grosset.    (Boy  scout  edition.)    50  cents. 
b  Captain  Chap.    Frank  R.  Stockton.     Lippincott.    298  p.    $1.50. 

Sailing  adventures  of  three  boys. 
be  Captain  January.     Laura  E.  Richards.     Estes.    64  p.     50  cents. 

A  lighthouse  story  for  children  and  grown  people. 
6c  Captains  Courageous.    Ruydard  Kipling.    Century.    $1.50. 

Life  on  the  Grand  Banks  in  a  fishing  boat. 
fee  (A)  Captured  Santa  Claus.    Thomas  Nelson  Page.     Scribner.    81  p.    55  cents. 

A  Christmas  story  of  the  Civil  War,  told  for  children  of  all  ages. 
fee  Careers  of  danger  and  daring.     Cleveland  Mofpett.    Century.     419  p.    $1.50. 

True  stories  about  perilous  occupations. 
fee  Castle  Blair.    Flora  L.  Shaw.    Little.    308  p.    $1. 

This  picturesque  and  lively  story  is  about  some  children  with  rather  wild  manners,  but  with  warm 
hearts,  and  easily  influenced  for  good. 
fe  Cattle  ranch  to  college.     Russell  Doubleday.     Grosset.     (Boy  scout   edition.) 
50  cents. 

Frontier  life  of  30  years  ago. 
fee  Celtic  fairy  tales.    Joseph  Jacobs.    Jacobs.     291  p.     75  cents. 

Excellent  collection  of  Irish  folklore. 
c  (The)  Chaplet  of  pearls.    Charlotte  Yonge.     Appleton.     75  cents. 

Romance  for  the  older  girls.    Time  of  the  Massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew. 
fee  (The)   Chaucer  story  book.    Eva  March  Tappan.    Houghton.    215  p.    illus. 

$1.50. 

Eleven  of  the  stories  retold  in  simpler  prose  than  in  Percy  Mackaye's  Canterbury  tales  and  adapted 
to  younger  childrea 
fe  Children  of  the  New  Forest.     Frederick  Marryat.     Illus.  by  E.  Boyd  Smith. 
Holt.    $1.35. 
England  in  the  time  of  the  Royalists  and  Roundheads. 
abc  (The)  Children's  book.    Horace  E.  Scudder.     H.  &  M.    $2.50. 

A  collection  of  good  literature,  fables,  fairy  tales,  poetry,  and  famous  old  stories.    Recommended 
for  home  ownership. 
fee  Chinese  fables  and  folk  stories.     Mary  H.  Davis.    Am.  bk.  co.    214  p.     40 
cento. 


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ab  Christmas  angel.     Katharine  Pylb.     Little.     136  p.    $1.25. 

Tells  of  a  little  girl  who  in  a  dream  finds  a  door  in  a  tree,  and  by  it  enters  the  border  country  where 
all  the  toys  are  alive. 
be  (A)  Christmas  carol.    Charles  Dickens.     Lippincott.    50  cents. 

In  a  dream  the  old  miser  is  shown  Christraases  of  his  past  life,  and  what  the  present  and  future 
will  be  if  he  is  still  selfish.    Awaking,  he  learns  the  pleasure  of  kindness.    A  convenient  edition. 
b  (A)  Christmas  child  and  Carrots.    Mrs.  Molesworth.    Macmillan.    223  p.    $1.25. 
be  Christmas  every  day,  and  other  stories.    W.  D.  Howells.     Harper.     150  p.     $1.25. 

Short  entertaining  stories. 
b  Christmas-tree  land.    Mrs.  Molesworth.    Macmillan.    illus.    $1.50. 

How  two  little  children  made  friends  with  some  good  fairies  in  the  forest. 
b  Clover.    Susan  Coolidge.    Little.    304  p.    $1.25. 

Another  glimpse  of  friends  made  in  the  "Katy  books." 
c  Concerning  Paul  and  Fiammetta.    L.  Allen  Harker.     Scribner.    $1.25. 

About  some  delightful  English  children.    Written  with  great  charm  and  humor,  for  older  people 
rather  than  children, 
c  (The)  Country  of  the  pointed  firs.    Sarah  Orne  Jewett.     H.  &  M.    213  p.     $1.25. 

A  sympathetic  and  appreciative  sketch  of  Maine  life  and  people, 
c  Craniord.    Mrs.  Gaskell.    Macmillan.    297  p.    $1. 

Another  good  edition  is  illustrated  by  Brock.    Dutton.    $2. 
be  (The)  Crimson  sweater.    Ralph  H.  Barbour.    Century.    367  p.     $1.50. 

Another  characteristic  story  of  schoolboy  life  with  a  strong  emphasis  on  the  qualities  of  man- 
liness and  fair  play. 
b  (The)  Crofton  boys.     Harriet  Martineau.     Routledge.     192  p.     75  cents. 
6  Cruising  on  the  St.  Lawrence.     Everett  T.  Tomlinson.     Lotbrop.    442  p.     $1.10. 

Story  of  four  boys'  outing  for  the  summer. 
b  (The)  Cuckoo  clock.    Mrs.  Molesworth.    Macmillan.    $1. 

Books  by  this  author  show  a  pleasant  type  of  well-bred  English  children. 
b  Daddy  Darwin's  dovecote.    Juliana  H.  Ewing.     Little.    35  cents. 
c  (The)  Daisy  chain.     Charlotte  M.  Yonge.    Macmillan.     594  p.    $1.25. 

Unsatisfactory  edition,  with  small  type.    The  story  has  been  much  enjoyed  by  girls,  especially 
those  who  understand  its  English  background. 
be  Dale  and  Frazer,  sheepmen.     Wilde.     312  p.     illus.     $1.10. 

An  interesting  and  instructive  story  of  the  wool-growing  industry  in  Colorado, 
6  Dandelion  cottage.     Carroll  W.  Rankin.     Holt.    $1.50. 
Experiences  of  four  little  girls  in  keeping  a  real  house  of  their  own. 
c  (A)  Daughter  of  the  rich.    Mary  E.  Waller.     Little.    $1.50. 

Like  Miss  Alcott's  books  in  atmosphere. 
t  (The)  Daughters  of  the  little  grey  house.    A  sequel  to  the  Little  grey  house. 
Marion  Ames  Taggart.    McClure.    333  p.    $1.50. 
A  wholesome  story  of  the  association  of  boys  and  girls  in  a  pleasant  home. 
b  Derrick  Sterling.     Ejrk  Munroe.     Harper.     60  cents. 

Derrick  was  a  brave  boy  who  worked  in  the  Pennsylvania  mines. 
be   Dickens,    Charles.    Works.     Oxford    univer.    press.    20   vols,     illus.    $16.     80 
cents  each. 

An  excellent  cheap  edition,  in  which  each  work  is  confined  to  a  single  volume.    The  type  is  clear 
though  not  leaded,  the  paper  thin  but  good,  the  margins  too  narrow  for  rebinding.    The  illustrations 
(nearly  700)  are  reproductions  from  the  familiar  originals.    Includes  all  the  additional  stories  and 
sketches  which  appear  in  the  Gadshill  and  Authentic  editions. 
ab  Diddle,  Dumps,  and  Tot.     Louise  C.  Pyrnelle.     Harper.     60  cents. 

Southern  plantation  life  and  the  games  and  stories  of  three  little  children.    For  many  years  a 
favorite  with  Southern  children. 
ab  Dixie  Kitten.     Eva  M.  Tappan.     H.  &  M.    86  p.    illus.    $1. 

Tells  how  a  barn  cat  becomes  a  house  cat,  and  of  her  adventures  and  trials,  and  happy  days  with 
her  "  lady  mistress." 
be  Don   Quixote  of  the  Mancha.     Cervantes.     Retold   by  Judge   Parry.     Lane. 
245  p.     $1.50. 
A  simplified  arrangement  of  the  old  story,  illustrated  by  Walter  Crane. 
be  (A)  Dornfield  summer.    Mary  M.  Haley.    Little.    302  p.    $1.20. 

Account  of  a  summer  spent  in  Dornfield  by  a  young  girl  who  had  been  for  several  months  at  board- 
ing-school. The  beautiful  protrayal  of  a  mother  who  exerted  a  fine,  healthy  influence  over  her  young 
people,  makes  this  book  especially  valuable. 


26  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOR  CHILDREN. 

6  Dorothy  Deane.     Ellen  Olney  Kirk.     H.  &  M.    $1.25. 

be  Dragon  and  the  raven.     George  A.  Henty.     Scribner.    $1.50. 

Tim*  of  King  Alfred. 
ab  Ednah  and  her  brothers.     Eliza  Orne  White.     H.  &  M.     143  p.     $1. 

A  story  of  a  family  of  normal,  wholesome  children, 
fee  Elinor  Arden,  royalist.     Mary  C.  Du  Bois.     Century.     $1.50. 

The  life  of  a  Royalist  child  In  a  family  of  Puritans. 
6  Elm  Island  stories.     Elijah  Kellooq.     Lothrop.     6  vols.     $1.25. 

Outdoor  life  of  a  group  of  Casco  Bay  boys.    Written  40  years  ago,  but  still  Interesting. 
6  English  fairy  tales.    Joseph  Jacobs.     Putnam.     277  p.    $1.25. 

Good  to  read  aloud. 
b  Fairchild  family.     Mary  M.  Sherwood.     Stokes.    469  p.    illus.    $1.50. 

There  are  three  little  Fairchilds,  who  lived  when  George  the  Third  was  king.    An  attractive  reprint 
of  an  old-time  story 
6  (The)  Fairy  ring.     Kate  Douglas  Wiggin  and  Nora  Archibald  Smith.     Double- 
day.     445  p.     illus.     $1.25. 

A  collection  of  stories  from  various  sources,  including  many  wnlch  are  familiar. 
6  Fairy  tales.     Grimm  Brothers.    Illus.  by  Rackham.    Doubleday.    Smaller  edition 
with  fewer  pictures,  $1.50. 

Other  good  editions  are:  Household  stories.    Illus.  by  Crane.    MacmiUan.     $150.     Fairy  tales. 
2  vols.    Ginn.    35  cents. 
6  Fairy  tales.     Hans  Christian  Andersen. 

The  following  are  good  editions:  Fairy  tales.    Ed.  by  Hale.    Illustrated  by  Stratton.     Llpplncott. 
$1.50;  Fairy  tales.    Translated  by  Mrs.  Lucas.    Dutton.    $2.50;  Stories.    H.  &  M.    40  cents. 
b  Fairy  tales  children  love.     Charles  Welsh.     Dodge.     440  p.    $1.25. 

A  good  collection  of  familiar  fairy  tales. 
be  Faith  Gartney's  girlhood.     Mrs.  A.  D.  T.  Whitney.     H.  &  M.     348  p.    $1.25. 

A  good,  simple  story  of  Now  England  life  for  older  girls. 
b  Fanciful  tales.     Frank  R.  Stockton.     Scribner.     50  cents. 

Whimsical  modem  fairy  tales,  possessing  humor  and  charm, 
fee  Feats  on  the  fiord.     Harriet  Martineau.     Routledge.     221  p.     illus.     75  cents. 

A  romance  of  the  Norwegian  coast. 
6  Felicia.     Elizabeth  L.  Gould.     Perm.     192  p.    $1. 

Felicia  is  a  little  girl  who  keeps  house  for  her  father,  a  minister  at  Blackberry  Hill  in  New  Hamp- 
shire. 
6  Felicia  visits.     Elizabeth  L.  Gould.     Penn.     200  p.    $1. 

The  third  book  of  the  series,  and  fully  as  good  as  Its  predecessors.    Felicia's  happy  nature  and 
her  aptitude  for  meeting  disappointment  with  a  smiling  face  furnish  a  good  lesson  for  any  child. 
b  Felicia's  friends.     Elizabeth  L.  Gould.     Penn.     186  p.     illus.     $1. 

A  companion  volume  to  "  Felicia." 
be  Fighting  a  fire.     Charles  T.  Hill.     Century.     246  p.     $1.50. 

True  stories  of  the  courage  and  hardships  of  our  city  firemen.    Also  contains  information  about 
putting  out  fires. 
ab  Five-minute  stories.     Laura  E.  Richards.     Estes.     218  p.     $1. 

Stories  in  poetry  and  prose. 
ab  (The)  Five  senses.     A.  M.  Keyes,  ed.    Moffat.     252  p.     $1. 

Prose  and  verse  for  children  by  various  writers.    Illustrated  by  Jessie  Wilcox  Smith. 
6  Flamingo  feather.     Kirk  Munroe.     Harper.     259  p.     60  cents. 

A  tale  of  French  and  Spaniards  in  Florida. 
be  (A)  Flat-iron  for  a  farthing.     Juliana   H.   Ewing.     Little.     284  p.     illus.     50 
cents. 

A  charming  and  quaint  little  story  W  the  recollections  of  an  English  boy.     Another  edition  (Bell, 
$1)  has  attractive  colored  pictures  by  Wheelhouso. 
b  (The)  Flight  of  Pony  Baker.     W.  D.  Howells.     Harper.     $1.25. 

A  somewhat  reminiscent  narrative,  relating  a  boy's  experiences  in  running  away  from  horn*. 
b  (The)  Floating  prince.     Frank  Stockton.     Scribner.    $1.50. 

More  modern  fairy  tales  by  a  skilled  hand. 
I  Flossy' s  play  days.     Florence  Howe  Hall.     Estes.    238  p.    illus.    $1.25. 

A  true  story  of  a  little  girl  who  Uved  In  Boston  a  generation  or  two  ago.     The  author  is  a  daughUt 
of  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  How*. 


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b  Folk  tales  from  many  lands.     Lilian  Gask.    Crowell.    287  p.     illus.     $1.50. 

Good  collection  of  23  fairy  and  folk  tales  gathered  from  many  countries. 
b  Following  the  ball.    Albertus.T.  Dudley.     Lothrop.    95  cents. 

Boarding-school  life,  with  accounts  of  athletics  and  the  hard  practice  and  training  that  precede  a 
contest. 
b  For  the  honor  of  the  school.     Ralph  H.  Barbour.     Appleton.    253  p.    $1.50. 

One  of  the  very  good  school-boy  books. 
b  (The)  Four  Gordons.     Edna  A.  Brown.     Lothrop.    $1.50. 

Wholesome,  happy  family  Ufa 
6  For  seal's  tooth.     Kirk  Munroe.     Harper.    $1.25. 

Deals  with  the  sealing  industry  in  Alaska. 
b  Further  adventures  of  Nils.     Selma  Lagerlof.    Trans,  from  the  Swedish  by 

Swanston  Howard.     Doubleday.     $1.20. 
be  Gabriel  and  the  hour-book.     Evaleen  Stein.     Page.     173  p.    illus.    $1. 

Gives  an  excellent  idea  of  books  and  their  makers  in  the  days  before  printing,  by  means  of  a  charm- 
ing story  about  the  little  color  grinder. 
ab  (The)  Garden  behind  the  moon.     Howard  Pyle.     Scribner.     192  p.    $1. 

Little  Davy's  adventures  have  a  meaning  for  older  people,  too. 
be  Gentle  heritage.     Frances  E.  Crompton.     Dutton.     188  p.    $1. 

Tells  how  a  family  of  English  children  made  friends  with  the  Bogy. 
b  Gipsy  Breynton  series.     Elizabeth  Stuart  Phelps  Ward.     Dodd.    $1.50. 

There  are  four  volumes  in  this  set  of  stories  for  girls.    They  are  of  uneven  merit,  but  wholesome  in 
the  main. 
6  (The)  Girls  of  Fairmount.     Etta  A.  Baker.     Little.    295  p.    $1.50. 

Life  at  a  boarding  school,  where  high  standards  of  honor  prevail,  and  the  girls  maintain  the  right 
spirit  toward  their  work,  thoir  teachers,  and  their  friends. 
b  Girls  of  Gardenville.     Carroll  W.  Rankin.     Holt.    317  p.    $1.50. 

Short  stories  about  "The  sweet  sixteen''  and  their  "specialties." 
b  (The)  Golden  goose,  and  other  fairy  tales.    Trans,  from  the  Swedish  by  Eva  M. 

Tappan.    H.  &  M.    240  p.    illus.    $1. 
b  (The)  Golden  spears  and  other  fairy  tales.    Edward  Leamy.    Fitzgerald.    180  p.    $1 

Irish  folk-lore. 
b  Granny's  wonderful  chair.     Frances  Browne.     Dutton.     192  p.     $1.50. 

A  collection  of  modern  fairy  tales  which  have  the  real  fairy  spirit. 
b  (A)  Great  emergency.    Juliana  H.  Ewino.    Little.    50  cents. 

Four  short  stories. 
be  (A)  Guernsey  lily.    Susan  Coolidge.    Little.     230  p.    illus.    $1.25. 

The  story  of  a  little  girl  and  her  visits  to  the  islands  of  Guernsey  and  Jersey. 
be  Gulliver's  travels.    Jonathan  Swift.    Ginn.    35  cents. 

Other  good  editions:  One  illustrated  by  Rhead.  Harper.  $1.25;  and  one  illustrated  by  Stayners. 
Holt.  $2.25. 

be  Hans  Brinker.    Mary  Mapes  Dodge.     Scribner.    347  p.    $1.50. 

An  interesting  story  of  life  in  Holland.    The  hero  makes  a  journey  on  skates  with  three  other  boys 
from  Amsterdam  to  The  Hague. 
b  Harding  of  St.  Timothy's.    Arthur  Stanwood  Pier.     Scribner.     $1.50. 

Boys'  boarding  school  story. 
c  (The)  Head  coach.     Ralph  D.  Paine.     Scribner.     $1.50. 

Shows  the  value  of  clean  athletics  in  a  young  man's  life. 
be  (The)  Heart  of  the  ancient  wood.     Charles  G.  D.  Roberts.     Silver.    276  p. 
illus.     $1.50. 

Full  of  the  spirit  of  the  woods.    Not  distinctively  a  book  for  children,  but  liked,  especially  if  read 
to  them. 
b  Hector.     Flora  L.  Shaw.     Little.    340  p.    $1. 

A  bright  story  of  a  spirited  little  boy  and  his  cousin  who  lived  in  France. 
;  Henry  Esmond.    W.  M.  Thackeray.     Illus.  by  Hugh  Thomson.     Cranford  edi- 
tion.    Macmillan.     $2. 
Recommended  as  a  good  beginning  with  Thackeray  for  young  people. 
be  Hidden  servants.     Francesca  Alexander.     Little.     234  p.     $1. 

Quaint  Italian  folk-stories,  told  in  vers*  by  this  exquisite  story-teller.    Recommended  for  th« 
borne  library. 


28  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOE  CHILDREN. 

c  (The)  Hill.     H.  A.  Vachell.     Dodd.     $1.50. 

A  flue,  inspiring  tale  of  a  friendship  in  a  boys'  school. 
b  His  Majesty's  sloop  Diamond  Rock.     H.  S.  Huntington.     H.  &  M.     429  p.     |1.50. 

Not  a  real  boat,  but  a  rock  off  Martinique. 
c  (The)  Home  comers.     Winifred  Kirkland.     H.  &  M.    $1.20  net. 

Experiences  of  city  children  with  a  grandmother  in  the  country.    Recommended  for  girls  of  15  to  17. 
be  Hoosier  school-boy.     Edward  Eggleston.     Scribner.     181  p.    50  cents. 

Troubles  and  pleasures  of  country  school  days. 
be  (The)  Hoosier  schoolmaster.     Edward  Eggleston.     Scribner.    $1. 

Romance  of  school  life  in  Indiana  fifty  years  ago. 
ab  House  in  the  wood.    Grimm  brothers.     Illus.  by  L.  L.  Brooke.     VVarne.     $1.35. 

Contains  only  ten  stories  and  owes  its  special  charm  to  the  humorous  black  and  white  and  colored 
Illustrations 
e  House  of  the  seven  gables.     Nathaniel  Hawthorne.     H.  &  M.    $1. 

After  The  wonder  book  and  Tanglewood  tales  this  is  the  one  of  Hawthorne's  books  most  likely  to 
interest  young  people, 
c  In  His  name.    Rev.  E.  E.  Hale.    Little.    341  p.    illus.    $1. 

History  of  a  Christian  brotherhood  whose  watchword,  "In  His  name,"  was  a  key  to  every  heart. 
b  In  the  green  forest.     Katharine  Ptle.     Little.     171  p.     $1.50. 

A  tale  of  the  wanderings  of  a  good  little  fairy  and  a  bad  little  elf.    The  bad  elf  fails  in  his  trickery 
and  the  brave  fairy  succeeds.    The  atmosphere  of  this  book  is  wholesome  and  refreshing. 
6  Indian  fairy  tales.     Joseph  Jacobs.     Putnam.    $1.75. 

East  Indian  folk-lore,  retold  by  a  discriminating  collector. 
b  Iron  star.    John  Preston  True.     Little.    $1.50. 

From  the  fall  of  the  star  as  a  meteor,  through  its  age-long  changes. 
b  Italian  fairy  book.    Anne  Macdonell.     Stokes.     403  p.    illus.     $1.35. 
be  Ivanhoe.    Sir  Walter  Scott.     H.  &  M.    $1. 

This  is  apt  to  be  the  most  popular  of  Scott's  novels  with  young  people.    Two  specially  illus- 
trated editions  have  appeared.    Houghton.    Illustrated  by  E.  Boyd  Smith.    $2.50.    Bkack.    Illus- 
trated by  Greiflenhagen.    3s.  6d. 
b  Jack  among  the  Indians.     George  B.  Grinnell.     Stokes.     275  p.     $1.25. 
b  Jack  and  Jill.     Louisa  M.  Alcott.     Little.     325  p.     $1.50. 
6c  Jack  Hall  at  Yale.    Walter  Camp.    Appleton.     298  p.     illus.     $1.25. 

Telling  of  the  struggle  of  an  independent  boy  to  work  his  way  through  college. 
be  Jackanapes.    Juliana  H.  Ewing.     Little.     50  cents. 

Pathetic  story  of  a  mischievous  tender-hearted  boy  who  dies  in  battle,  in  early  manhood,  to  save  the 
life  of  a  comrade, 
k  Jacqueline  of  the  carrier  pigeons.     Augusta  H.  Seaman.     Sturgis.     302  p.     $1.25 

net. 

A  well-told  romance  of  the  siege  of  Leyden,  in  which  a  genuine  girl  and  her  brother  take  heroic 
parts. 
be  Jan  of  the  windmill.    Juliana  H.  Ewing.     Little.     310  p.    50  cents. 

Jan  Is  brought  up  as  a  miller's  son,  and  becomes  a  distinguished  painter. 
c  Jane  Eyre.     Charlotte  Bronte.     Dutton.    $1.25. 

Recommended  for  girls  just  beginning  to  demand  novels.    One  of  the  first  romances  written  in 
autobiographical  form  to  be  enjoyed. 
6  Jane  Stuart-twin.     Grace  M.  Remick.     Penn.     353  p.     $1.25. 

Jane  is  a  breezy  every  day  girl  who  has  her  ups  and  downs,  but  shows  a  right  spirit  through  them  all. 
b  Japanese  fairy  book.     Yei  T.  Ozaki.     Dutton.     290  p.    illus.    $2. 
b  Jed.     Warren  L.  Goss.     Crowell.     404  p.     75  cents. 

Civil  War  period.    A  boy's  adventures  in  the  army. 
b  Jim  Davis.    John  Masefield.     Stokes.     244  p.     $1.25. 

Suggests  Stevenson's  Treasure  island.    A  sound  and  stirring  tale  of  smuggling  off  the  English 
coast  in  the  early  19th  century. 
6  Joe  Bently.     Henry  H.  Clark.     Lothrop.     434  p.     $1.25. 

Describes  the  life  of  a  naval  cadet. 
e  John  Halifax.     Dinah  Mulock  Craije.     Dutton.     (Everyman's  library.)     Leather, 
70  cents;  cloth,  35  cents. 
4  wholesome  love  story  for  girU. 


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6  John  of  the  woods.     Abbie  Farwell  Brown.     H.  &  M.    $1.25. 

John  runs  away  from  some  traveling  showmen  and  goes  to  live  in  the  woods  with  the  hermit  and 
the  animals. 
b  Jolly  good  times.    Mart  P.  W.  Smith.    Little.    $1.25. 

Country  life  in  Massachusetts. 
6  Jolly  good  times  at  school.    Mary  P.  W.  Smith.     Little.    $1.25. 

A  continuation  of  Jolly  good  times. 
b  Juan  and  Juanita.    Frances  Courtenay  Baylor.     H.  &  M.    276  p.    $1.50. 

The  wanderings  of  two  Mexican  children,  carried  away  by  Indians  and  escaping  for  home. 
b  Judy.    Temple  Bailey.    Little.    317  p.    $1.50. 

Experiences  of  a  young  girl  and  the  improvement  in  her  character  through  intercourse  with  hat 
playmates. 
6  (The)  Junior  cup.    Allen  French.    Century.    246  p.    $1.20. 

A  story  for  boys  describing  the  outdoor  life  of  a  boy's  summer  camp. 
b  Just  sixteen.     Susan  Coolidge.     Little.    304  p.    $1.25. 

Short  stories. 
abc  Just  so  stories.     Rudyard  Kipling.     Doubleday.     247  p.    $1.20. 

Wonderful  stories  about  animals,  explaining  in  humorous  ways  the  causes  of  the  camel's  hump, 
the  elephant's  trunk,  the  leopard's  spots,  etc. 
b  Katrina.     Ellen  D.  Deland.     Wilde.     340.  p.     $1.50. 

Katrina  finds  new  friends  in  the  city  boarders  who  come  to  her  aunt's  farm, 
c  Kidnapped.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson.     Scribner.    $1.50. 

Stevenson's  romance  is  as  wholesome  for  young  people  as  Scott's,  largely  because  there  are  no  sex 
problems. 
be  (The)  King  of  the  Golden  Biver.    John  Ruskin.     Heath.    20  cents. 

A  modern  fairy  tale  with  a  hidden  meaning. 
be  Kipling  stories  and  poems  every  child  should  know.     Rudyard  Kipling.     Double- 
day.     361  p.     illus.     $1.20  net. 

An  excellent  selection  of  stories  and  poems  from  twelve  of  Kipling's  works,  the  poems  being  espe- 
cially well  chosen.    There  is  a  good  biographical  sketch  of  Kipling  by  Charles  Eliot  Norton. 
be  Kbnigskinder.     Anna  A.  Chapin.     Harper.     276  p.     $1.25. 

A  fairy  tale  founded  on  the  fairy  opera  of  "  Kbnigskinder." 
ab  Laboulaye's  fairy  tales.     Dutton.     335  p.     illus.  in  color.     $2.50. 
b  Lady  Green-Satin  and  her  maid  Bosette.     E.  L.  Martineau  des  Chesnez.    Wins- 
ton.    356  p.     75  cents  net. 
The  history  of  Jean  Paul  and  his  little  white  mice,  translated  from  the  French. 
be  (The)  Lakerim  athletic  club.     Rupert  Hughes.     Century.     286  p.     $1.50. 

Wholesome  modern  story,  telling  of  the  outdoor  sports  of  twelve  active  boys. 
6  (The)  Lass  of  the  silver  sword.     Mary  Constance  Dubois.     Century.     418  p. 
illus.    $1.25. 
A  story  of  girls  in  boarding-school  and  camp. 
be  Last  of  the  flatboats.    George  Gary  Eggleston.     Lothrop.     382  p.    $1.50. 

Five  boys  build  a  flatboat  and  take  it  down  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  as  a  business  enterprise. 
be  Last  of  the  Mohicans.     James  Fenimore  Cooper.     Holt.     523  p.     colored  illus. 
$1.70. 

A  very  attractive  edition  of  the  best  volume  of  Leather-stocking  tales.    Boys  will  like  the  rest 
of  the  series  also. 
6  (The)  Life  savers.     James  Otis  Kaler.     Dutton.     323  p.     $1.50 

Account  of  the  United  States  life  saving  service  in  story  form. 
6  Little  Daffydowndilly.     Nathaniel  Hawthorne.     H.  &   M.    89  p.     (Riverside 
literature  series.)     40  cents. 
Contains  also  other  child  stories  by  Hawthorne. 
b  (The)  Little  grey  house.     Marion  A.  Taggart.     McClure.     267  p.     $1.25. 

Tictures  a  happy  home  in  an  attractive  way. 
b  (The)  Little  lame  prince.     Dinah  Mulock  Craik      Harper.     194  p      60  cents. 

Tells  of  a  prince  who  all  through  his  life  had  near  him  a  fairy  god-mother. 
6  Little  Lord  Fauntleroy.     Frances  Hodgson  Burnett.    Scribner.     209  p.     illu* 
$1.25. 


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b  Little  Miss  Phoebe  Oay.    Helen  Dawes  Brown.    H.  &  M.     139  p.    $1. 

For  little  girls. 
b  Little  Polly  Prentiss.     Elizabeth  L.  Gould.     Penn/.     192  p.    $1. 

A  happy,  sunshiny  child  from  the  ''Town  farm"  wins  her  way  Into  many  hearts  and  finds  a  new 
home  eventually. 
b  (A)  Little  princess.     Frances  H.  Burnett.     Scribner.    illus.     $2. 

An  enlarged  edition  of  Sara  Crewe,  giving  the  story  in  its  stajre  form. 
be  Little  Pnssy  Willow.     Harriet  Beecher  Stowe.     H.  &  M.     123  p.    illus.     $1.25. 

Pussy  Willow's  wholesome  country  life  is  contrasted  with  Emily's  artificial  city  life. 
e  Little  schoolmaster  Mark.    J.  H.  Shorthouse.    Macmillan.    $1. 

A  lovely  allegory  for  adults  and  young  people. 
b  Little  Smoke.     W.  O.  Stoddard.     Appleton.     295  p.    $1.50. 

Life  of  a  white  man  among  the  Sioux  Indians. 
be  Little  women,  Little  men.     Louisa  M.  Alcott.     Little.    $1.50  each. 

Miss  Alcott  has  high  ideals  and  these  two  stories  are  thoroughly  wholesome. 
6  Lob  Lie-by-the-fire ;  or,  The  luck  of  Lingborough,  and  other  tales.    Juliana  H. 
Ewino.     Macmillan.     189  p.    $1  net. 

The  most  attractive  edition  of  this  Brownie  story.    Contains  also  Timothy's  shoes;  Old  Father 
Christmas;  Benjy  in  beastland;  The  peace-egg.    There  are  eight  colored  plates. 
6  (The)  Long  trail.     Hamlin  Garland.     Harper.     $1.25. 

Exciting  adventures  in  Alaska. 
c  Lorna  Doone.     Riciiard  D.  Blackmore.     Crowell.    illus.    $1.50 

At  the  beginning  of  the  novel-reading  age  it  is  well  to  encourage  the  reading  of  vigorous,  wholesome 
romances  of  this  type. 
be  Luck  of  the  Dudley  Grahams.     Alice  C.  Haines.     Holt.    $1.50. 

Extracts  from  the  diary  of  Elizabeth  Graham,  who  tells  entertainingly  of  the  family  affairs. 
6  (The)  Magic  fishbone.     Charles  Dickens.     Dodd.     31  p.     illus.     60  cents. 

A  merry  fairy  tale,  written  by  Dickens  as  a  Christmas  story  for  children.    The  colored  pictures 
and  good  type  make  it  an  attractive  gift. 
6  (The)  Magic  forest.     Stewart  Edward  White.     Macmillan.     $1.20. 

Not  a  fairy  story.    The  forest  is  a  real  one  through  which  Jimmy  took  a  long  trip  with  the  Indians. 
b  Maida's  little  shop.     Inez  H.  Gilmore.     Huebsch.     294  p.    $1. 

A  pleasant  story  of  a  little  lame  girl's  recovery  of  health  by  means  of  the  engrossing  occupation  of 
keeping  a  toy  shop  and  becoming  friends  with  her  small  customers. 
c  Man  without  a  country.     Rev.  Edward  E.  Hale.     Little.     300  p.     $1.25. 

Eleven  stories  of  unequal  merit.    "The  man  without  a  country"  Is  very  touching;  its  object  being 
to  awaken  patriotism.     Other  editions. 
b  Mary's  meadow.    Juliana  H.  Ewino.     Little,     illus.     50  cents. 

Mary  belongs  to  a  family  whose  great  interest  was  a  game  they  called  "  Earthly  paradise,"  in  which 
they  tried  to  beautify  the  hedgerows  and  barren  places. 
be  Masterman  Beady.     Frederick  Marryat.     Dent.     340  p.    illus.     $1.25. 

A  good  edition  of  this  favorite  tale  of  a  desert  island. 
b  Master  of  the  strong  hearts.     Elbridoe  S.  Brooks.     Dutton.     illus.     $1.50. 

A  story  of  Custer's  last  rally. 
b  Master  Skylark.    John  Bennett.     Century.     380  p.     illus.     $1.50. 

The  adventures  of  a  little  boy  who  was  stolen  away  on  account  of  his  beautiful  voice.    He  was 
befriended  by  Shakespeare,  in  whose  time  the  story  is  laid. 
6  Mayken.    Jessie  A.  Chase.     McClurg.     219  p.    $1. 

About  the  little  daughter  of  William  of  Orange. 
6  Men  of  iron.     Howard  Ptle.     Harper.    $2. 

Fine  tale  of  chivalric  days. 
6  Merry  adventures  of  Bobin  Hood.     Howard  Pyle.     Scribner.    $3. 
b  Merrylips.     Beulah  M.  Dix.     Macmillan.     307  p.     $1.50. 

In  the  time  of  the  Cavaliers  and  Roundheads,  about  a  little  girl  who  wished  she  was  a  boy. 
b  (The)  Millers  at  Pencroft.     Clara  Dillingham  Pierson.     Dutton.     274  p.    $1. 

The  summer  life  of  a  happy  family. 
b  Milly  and  Oily.     Mrs.  Humphry  Ward.     Doubleday.    302  p.     $1.25. 

Two  natural  children  in  their  pleasant  home  life,  with  delightful  glimpses  of  the  Lake  country. 
b  Miss  Mullet's  Christmas  party.     Samuel  McC.  Crothers.     H.  &  M.     106  p.    $1. 

The  party  was  given  by  Miss  Mullet  and  the  spider  for  Alice  and  her  friends  from  Wonderland] 
for  Rollo  and  Jonas,  Mowgli,  Sinbad,  Sandford,  and  Merton,  and  many  other  old  friends. 


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b  Monl,  the  goat-boy.    Trans,  from  the  German  of  Johanna  Spyri  by   Edith  F. 
Kunz.     Ginn.    211  p.     65  cents. 

Child  life  in  Alpine  valleys. 
ab  Mopsa  the  fairy.    Jean  Ingelow.     Little.    244  p.    $1.25.  • 

A  modern  fairy  tale. 
b  More  English  fairy  tales.    Joseph  Jacobs.     Putnam.    268  p.    $1.25. 
6  Morgan's  men.    John  P.  True.     Little.     342  p.    $1.50. 

Containing  the  adventures  of  Stuart  Schuyler,  the  hero  of  Scouting  for  Washington. 
be  Mother  Carey's  chickens.     Kate  Douglas  Wiggin.     H.  &  M.    $1.25. 

Wholesome  family  life, 
o  Mr.  Wind  and  Madam  Bain.     Paul  de  Musset.     Putnam.     151  p.     illus.    $1.50. 
c  Mrs.  Leicester's  school.     Charles  and  Mary  Lamb.     Illus.  by  Winifred  Green. 
Dutton.     128  p.     $1.60. 

Ten  short  stories  giving  the  "life  history"  of  a  group  of  boarding  school  children.    Quaint  and  old- 
fashioned, 
o  Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the  cabbage  patch.    Alice  Hegan  Rice.     Century.     153  p.     $1. 

Full  of  humor  and  philosophy  of  a  kind  which  young  people  can  appreciate  and  enjoy. 
b  My  new  home.     Mrs.  Molesworth.     Macmillan.     214  p.     $1. 

The  story  of  a  rather  lonely  little  girl  and  her  dear  grandmother,  told  by  the  little  girl  herself. 
b  Nancy  Rutledge.     Katharine  Ptle.     Little.     206  p.    illus.  by  the  author.     $1.25. 

A  pleasant  story  of  little  girls'  doings. 
b  Nelly's  silver  mine.     Helen  Hunt  Jackson.     Little.     332  p.    illus.     $2. 

Boy  and  girl  life  in  Arizona. 
ab  (The)  New  Year's  bargain.     Susan  Coolidge.     Little.     231  p.    illus.    $1.25. 

Stories  told  by  the  months  to  two  little  German  children. 
ab  Nine  little  goslings.     Susan  Coolidge.     Little.     289  p.    $1.25. 

Nine  little  stories  of  rather  unequal  merit. 
c  (A)  Noble  life.    Dinah  Mulock  Craik.     Harper.     302  p.     90  cents. 

Tells  of  a  Scotch  earl  who  was  hopelessly  deformed  from  his  birth,  but  led  a  thoroughly  unselfish. 
beneficent  life. 
6  Old  Deccan  days.     M.  Frere.     McDonough.     331  p.     $1.25. 

Delightful  Hindoo  fairy  legends  current  in  South  India,  collected  from  oral  tradition, 
c  Old  fashioned  girl.     Louisa  M.  Alcott.     Little.     $1.50. 

Experiences  of  a  country  <.;irl  in  the  city. 
b  Old-fashioned  tales.     E.  V.  Lucas.     Stokes.     390  p.     $1.50. 

Qiiaint,  moral  stories  from  books  no  longer  easily  obtainable. 
b  On  guard.    John  P  True.     Little.     302  p.    $1.50. 

The  hist  of  the  Stuart  Schuyler  Series 
ab  (An)  Only  child.     Eliza  Orne  White.     H.  &  M.     167  p.     $1. 
6  On  the  plantation.     Joel  Chandler  Harris.     Appleton.     233  p.     $1.50. 

K  Georgia  boys  adventures  drrine  the  war,  partly  fact  and  partly  fiction, 
o  On  track  and  diamond.     George  Harvey,  and  others.     Harper.     220  p. 

60  cents. 

Thirteen  stories  of  baseball,  track  athletics,  cross-country  running,  boating,  and  bicycling  in  pr« 
paratory  school  and  college,  full  of  spirit  and  fair  play. 
be  (The)  Orcutt  girls.     Charlotte  M.  Vaile.     Wilde.     316  p.    $1.50. 

A  wholesome  story  of  a  fan)  ily  of  sisters. 
be  Otto  of  the  silver  hand.     Howard  Pyle.     Scribner.     170  p.    $2. 

Adventure*  of  a  little  boy  in  the  Germany  of  the  Middle  Ages. 
b  Painted  desert.     Kirk  Munroe.     Harper.     274  p.     $1.25. 

The  scene  is  laid  in  northern  Arizona. 
be  Parables  from  nature.     Mrs.  Alfred  Gatty.     Pott.     320  p.     $1.50. 

A  collection  of  short  stories  with  spiritual  lessons. 
be  (The)  Peasant  and  the  prince.     Harriet  Martineau.     Ginn.     40  cents. 

Shows  the  conditions  which  led  to  the  French  Revolution. 
b  Pelham  and  his  friend  Tim.     Allen  French.     Little.     $1.50. 

A  friendship  between  two  boys  of  very  different  bringing-up  and  opportunity. 

ab  Pepper  and  salt.     Howard  Pyle.     Illustrated  by  the  author.     Harper      115  p 
$1.50. 
A  large  book  of  fairy  taltt. 


32  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOR  CHILDREN. 

c  (The)  Perfect  tribute.    Mart  It.  S.  Andrews.     Scribner.     47  p.     50  cents. 

The  touching  story  of  Lincoln's  Gettysburg  address  as  heard  by  a  Southern  prisoner  of  war. 
abc  Peter  and  Wendy.    James  M.  Barrie.     Scribner.     267  p.     illua.     $1.60. 

The  story  of  the  play  of  Peter  I'an.    Delightful  for  all  ages. 
be  Peterkin  papers.     Lucretia  P.  Hale.     H.  &  M.     219  p.     |1.50. 

Humorous  sketches  of  the  Peterkin  family  and  their  friend,  "the  lady  from  Philadelphia."    Good 
to  read  aloud. 
b  Pickett's  gap.     Homer  Greene.     Macmillan.    50  cents. 

Civil  War  story. 
be  Pilgrim's  progress.    John  Buntan.     Macmillan.     50  cents. 

There  are  many  editions  of  this  famous  allegory. 
ab  Pinocchio,  the  adventures  of  a  marionette.    Carlo  Lorenzini.   Ginn.    $1.    Smaller 
edition,  40  cents. 

A  favorite  humor  story,  translated  from  the  Italian,  about  a  marionette  who  became  a  real  boy. 
ab  Play  days.     Sarah  Orne  Jewett.     H.  &  M.     213  p.    $1.50. 

About  little  girls  and  their  dolls. 
be  Polly  Oliver's  problem.     Kate  Douglas  Wiggin.     LI.  &  M.    $1. 

Polly  was  sixteen  years  old  when  she  solved  her  problem. 
b  Polly  Page  yacht  club.     Izola  L.  Forrester.    Jacobs.    $1. 

Tells  of  a  jolly  summer  trip  taken  by  some  Southern  girls. 
6  Popular  tales  from  the  North.    G.  W.  Dasent.     Routledge.     62  cento. 

Scandinavian  folk-lore. 
b  Pot  of  gold.     Mary  E.  Wilkins.     Lothrop.     324  p.     $1.50. 

Short  stories,  raalistic  and  Imaginary. 
6  (A)  Prairie  rose.     Bertha  E.  Bush.     Little.     305  p.     $1.50. 

Pioneer  life  in  the  West  from  a  girl's  p-.>int  of  view. 
fc  (The)  Prince  and  the  pauper.     Samuel  L.  Clemens.     Harper.     $1. 

What  happened  when  Tom  Canty  and  the  prince  changed  places. 
ab  (The)  Princess  and  Curdie.     George  Macdonald.     Lippincott.     $1. 

Tells  how  the  princess  and  the  miner's  son  were  friends. 
b  (The)  Princess  and  the  goblins.     George  Matdonald.     Lippincott.     illus.     $1. 

A  fairy  tale  tolling  how  the  princess  overcame  the  goblins  who  were  trying  to  do  mischief  to  the  pool 
miners. 
be  Puck  of  Pook's  hill.     Rudtard  Kipling.     Doubleday.    $1. 

Children  who  have  a  background  of  English  history  will  appreciate  these  adventures  with  Puck. 
c  (The)  Queen's  twin  and  other  stories.     Sarah  Orne  Jewett.     H.  &  M.     232  p. 
$1.25. 

Eight  short  stories  of  New  England  life. 
C  Quentin  Durward.     Sir  Walter  Scott.    Macmillan.    (Dryburgh  edition.)    $1.25 

France  in  the  15th  century. 
be  (The)  Quest  of  the  fish-dog  skin.    J.  W.  Schultz.     H.  &  M.     218  p.    $1.25  net. 

Adventures  of  two  Indian  boys,  in  search  of  a  seal  whose  skin  was  "  medicine." 
be  Rab  and  his  friends.    John  Brown.     H.  &  M.     32  p.     illus.    $1. 

A  true  and  touching  story  of  a  Scotch  woman  and  a  dog. 
c  Ramona.     Helen  Hunt  Jackson.     Little.    490  p.    $1.50. 

Romance  of  North  American  Indian  life.    For  the  older  girls. 
6  Ranald  Bannerman's  boyhood.    George  Macdonald.     Lippincott.    301  p.    $1.25. 

Story  of  a  boy  living  in  the  north  of  Scotland,  and  the  lesson  he  learned  from  his  father,  who  was  a 
clergyman. 
be  Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook  farm.     Kate  Douglas  Wiggin.     H.  &  M.      327  p.     95 
cents. 

Rebecca  is  one  of  the  storv-books  girls  whom  grown-ups  and  children  both  like. 
b  Redmond  of  the  seventh.     Mrs.  Frank  Lee.     Pilgrim.     290  p.    $1.50. 

The  story  of  a  boy's  school  life  and  how  he  conquered  his  greatest  enemy. 
be  (The)  Reform  of  Shaun.     Allen  French.     Little.     158  p.     $1. 

The  education  of  a  lovable  Irish  setter  and  his  master. 
be  Rewards  and  fairies.     Rudyard  Kit-ling.     Doubleday.     344  p.     illus.     $1.50. 

More  adventures  with  Puck  ol  Pook's  LI  ill.    They  should  stimulate  an  interest  in  Emflish  history 
6  Robinson  Crusoe.     Daniel  Defoe. 

The  following  editions  we  good:  H.  &  M.  illus.  by  E.  B.  Smith, $1.50;  Harper,  illustrated  by  Rhead 
•LM. 


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6  (The)  Rose  and  the  ring.     W.  M.  Thackeray.     Heath.     25 cents. 

There  are  various  editions  of  this  humorous  fairy  hilr. 
b  St.  Nicholas.     Bound  vols.     Century.     $2  each. 
e  (The;  Scottish  chiefs.    Jane  Porter.     IHuh.  by  Robinson.     Dutton.    $2. 

A  romance  of  the  conllict  between  Wallace  and  Bruce  in  early  Scottish  days. 
b  Scouting  for  Washington.    John  P.  True.     Little.     302  p.     $1.50. 

The  scene  is  laid  in  the  Southern  States  during  the  Revolution. 
c  Silas  Marner.     George  Eliot.     Illus.  by  Hugh  Thomson.     Macmillan.    $2. 

Many  of  the  pictures  are  colored. 
b  Sir  Marrok.     H.  W.  French.     Century.    $1. 

An  imaginative  tale  of  the  days  of  King  Arthur. 
be.  Six  to  sixteen.    Juliana  H.  Ewino.     Illus.  in  color  by  M.  V.  Wheelhouse.    new 
ed.     Bell,  London.     237  p.     $1. 

Boarding  school  story  for  girls. 

b  (The)  Slowcoach.     E.V.Lucas.    Macmillan.    3C2  p.    $1.50. 

Caravan  travel  of  a  group  of  English  children  in  the  country  around  their  own  home. 
be  Solomon  Crow's  Christmas  pockets.     Ruth  McEnery  Stuart.     Harper.     201  p. 
illus.     $1.25. 

Amusing  short  stories,  some  of  which  are  in  negro  dialect. 
b  Spanish  Peggy.     Mary  Hartwell  Catherwood.     Stone.     $1.50. 
abc  Stories  children  love.     Charles  Welsh.     Dodge.     439  p.     illus.     $1.25. 

An  excellent  selection  of  72  stories.    The  extreme  age  variance  (from  3  to  17  years),  recommends 
the  collection  for  home  use,  but  makes  it  somewhat  inconvenient  for  school  purposes. 
b  Stories  foe  children.     Celia  Thaxter.     H.  &  M.     $1.10. 

Contains  also  verse. 
c  Stories  from  the  chronicle  of  the  Cid.     Mary  Wright  Plummer.     Holt.     155  p. 

illus.     90  cents  net. 
An  adaptation,  simple  and  dignified  in  style,  of  those  "portions  of  the  chronicles  of  the  Cid  as 

seemed  most  likely  to  appeal  to  young  readers  and  to  give  a  conception  of  the  hero  as  most  Spanish 

children  know  him." 
be  Stories  from  the  Faery  Queene.     Mary  Macleod.     Gardner  (London.)     395  p. 

$1.10. 
The  book  contains  an  intersting  preface  on  Spencer's  Faerie  Queene,  and  many  stories  from  it. 

The  many  fine  illustrations  add  much  to  the  value  and  interest.    Another  good  version  is  Una 

and  the  red  cross  knight.    Dutton.    S2.50. 
ab  Stories  of  my  four  friends.    Jane  Andrews.     Ginn.     100  p.     75  cents. 

"  My  four  friends"  are  the  four  seasons.    A  simple  little  book  about  out-door  things. 
be  Story  of  a  bad  boy.     Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich.     H.  &  M.     $1.25. 
be  (The)  Story  of  Aaron.     Joel  Chandler  Harris.     II.  &  M.     198  p.     $2. 

Stories  of  the  old  slave  time,  told  by  the  people  and  animals. 
c  Story  of  a  short  life.     Juliana  H.  Ewing.     Little,    illus.     50  cents. 

The  story  of  a  little  boy  who  was  an  invalid,  but  who  tried  very  hard  to  be  brave  and  good,  and 
finally  succeeded. 
be  Story  of  Rabette.     Ruth  McEnery  Stuart.     Harper.     209  p.     $1.20. 

How  a  little  Creole  girl  is  lost  and  what  happens  to  her  afterwards. 
b  Story  of  Retty.     Carolyn  Wells.     Century.     $1.50. 

About  a  little  maid  servant. 
be  (The)  Story  of  Jack  Rallister's  fortunes.     Howard  Pyle.     Century.     $2. 

Narrative  of  a  boy's  adventures  with  the  famous  pirate  Blackbeard,  in  the  early  days  of  Virginia 
ab  Story  of  live  dolls.     Josephine  S.  Gates.     Bobbs-Merrill  co.     $1.25. 

Attractive  to  children  of  8  to  10. 
be  Story-tell  Lib.     Annie  Trumbull  Slosson.     Scribner.     79  p.     50  cents. 

The  stories  supposed  to  be  told  by  a  poor  little  girl  who  had  the  heavenly  gilt.    Written  with 
humor  and  pathos. 
6  (A)  Successful  venture.     Ellen  D.  Deland.     Wilde.     $1.50. 

The  financial  undertaking  of  a  family  of  young  people. 
6  Sue  Orcutt.     Charlotte  M.  Vaile.     Wilde.     335  p.     $1.50. 

A  sequel  to  The  Orcutt  girls. 
b  Sunnyside  Tad.    P.  V.  Mighels.     Harper.    $1.25. 

Tad  is  a  circus  boy  and  has  many  animal  friend3. 


34  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOB  CHILDKEN. 

e  (A)  Summer  in  a  canon.     Kate  Douglas  Wiooin.     1 1 .  &  M .     272  p.    $1.25. 

The  good  times  of  some  young  people  and  their  summer  camp  in  a  California  canon, 
c  (A)  Summer  in  Leslie  Goldthwaite's  liie.     Mrs.  A.  D.  T.  Whitney.     H.  &  M 
230  p.    illus.    $1.25. 
Mrs.  Whitney's  stories  have  a  wholesome,  moral  atmosphere. 
ab  Swiss  Family  Robinson.    J.  R.  Wyss. 

These  are  good  editions:  Dutton,  Everyman's  library,  76  cents;  Harper,  illustrated  by  Rhead,  $1.60: 
Black,  illustrated  by  Rountree,  $1.50. 
b  Tales  from  Shakespeare.     Charles  and  Mary  Lamb. 

These  editions  are  good:  Scribner,  illustrated  by  Price,  $2.50;  II.  &  M.,  50  cents;  Dutton,  illustrated 
by  Rackham,  $2.50. 
b  Tales  from  the  travels  of  Baron  Munchausen.     R.  E.  Raspe.     Introduction  by  E.  E. 
Hale.     Heath.     20  cents. 
Absurd  adventures  which  do  very  well  for  a  laugh. 
b  Tales  of  laughter.     A   third   fairy   book.     Kate    Douglas    Wioqin.     Doubleday 
$1.50. 
Contains  many  amusing  tales. 
6  Tales  of  the  red  children.     Abbie  Farwell  Brown  and  James  Macintosh  Bell. 
Appleton.     125  p.    illus.    $1. 

These  eleven  stories,  received  from  the  Canadian  Indians,  are  retold  with  pleasing  simplicity  and 
directness  of  style. 
b  Tales  of  wonder.   A  fourth  fairy  book.    Kate  Douglas  Wiggin  and  Nora  Archibald 
Smith.     Doubleday.     440  p.     (Children's  crimson  classics.)    $1.50. 

The  fourth  and  final  volume  in  this  series,  containing  49  stories  carefully  selected  from  the  fairy 
literature  of  many  countries.    A  useful  collection  for  the  story-teller, 
c  (The)  Talisman.     Sir  Walter  Scott.     Macmillan.     $1.25. 
A  tale  of  Richard  the  Lion-hearted  and  the  Third  Crusade. 
There  are  many  other  good  editions  of  Scott's  works. 
be  Texas  blue-bonnet.     Emilia  Elliott.     Page.    $1.12. 

Wholesome  story  of  school-girl  life. 
b  Their  canoe  trip.     Mary  P.  Wells.     Smith.     Little.    260  p.    $1.25. 

Account  of  a  canoe  trip  on  the  Merrimac  river. 
6  Theodora.     Katharine  Pyle  and  L.  S.  Porter.     Little.    $1.25. 

For  girls  of  9-10. 
6  Three  Margarets.     Laura  E.  Richards.     Estes.    $1.25. 

ab  Through  the  looking-glass,  and  what  Alice  found  there.     Lewis  Carroll.     Mac- 
millan.    224  p.     $1.25. 
A  sequel  to  "Alice's  adventures  in  wonderland." 
b  Timothy's  quest.     Kate  Douglas  Wiggin.     H.  &  M.    $1. 

In  search  of  a  home  for  his  little  sister. 
c  Tom  Brown  at  Oxford.    Thomas  Hughes.     Macmillan.    $1. 
be  Tom  Brown's  school  days.    Thomas  Hughes.     Macmillan.    $1. 
b  Tom  Paulding.     Brander  Matthews.     Century.     254  p.     $1.50. 

The  story  of  a  search  for  buried  treasure  in  the  streets  of  New  York. 
b  Tom  Strong,  Washington's  scout.     Alfred  B.  Mason.     Grosset.     (Boy  scout  edi- 
tion.)   50  cents. 
b  Tommy  Remington's  battle.     Burton  E.  Stevenson.     Century.     257  p.    $1. 

A  story  of  a  boy  brought  up  as  a  miner  in  the  West  Virginia  mountains.    Especially  interestini 
in  that  it  gives  a  picture  of  life  in  the  coal  region. 
c  Treasure  Island.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson.     Illustrated  by  Wyeth.     Scribner 
$2.50. 

"Stevenson  works  with  combustibles,  but  he  confines  them,  directs  them  with  care  and  caution 
always  thinking  of  how  he  may  use  them  in  such  a  way  as  will  be  of  most  good  to  the  boy." 
be  Trinity  bells.     Amelia  E.  Barr.     Dodd.     258  p.     $1.50. 

New  York  life  a  hundred  years  ago. 
6  Twilight  land.     Howard  Pyle.     Harper.    $1.50. 

Collection  of  fairy  tales.    Illustrated  by  the  author, 
t-  Two  Arrows.     W.  O.  Stoddard.     Harper.    239  p.     60  cents. 
An  Indian  story. 


1,000  GOOD  BOOKS   FOR  CHILDREN.  35 

6c  Two  college  girls.     Helen  D.  Brown.     H.  &  M.    325  p.    $1.25. 

This  author  writes  of  womanly  girls,  their  work  and  play  and  friendships. 
b  Two  little  Confederates.    Thomas  Nelson  Page.    Scribner.     156  p.    $1.50. 

A  story  of  two  Virginia  boys  in  war  time.    The  spirit  of  the  place  and  time  remarkably  well  pre- 
sented in  plantation  characters,  white  and  colored. 
b  Two  little  waifs.     Mrs.  Molesworth.     Macmillan.     $1.50. 

A  little  English  girl  and  boy  left  by  accident  in  Paris  without  their  friend. 
b  Uncle  David's  boys.    Edna  A.  Brown.     Lothrop.    314  p.    illus. 

Country  life  in  Vermont,  adventures  and  a  mystery. 
be  Uncle  Remus,   his  songs  and    sayings.    Joel  Chandler   Harris.     Appleton 
231  p.    illus.    $2. 

Stories  about  Brer  Rabbit,  etc.,  which,  besides  being  exceedingly  entertaining,  give  us  a  fellow 
feeling  for  the  animals, 
c  Under  the  cactus  flag.    Nora  A.  Smith.     H.  &  M.    $1. 

A  Mexican  story  for  the  older  girls. 
b  Under  the  lilacs.     Louisa  M.  Alcott.     Little.    $1.50. 

be  (The)  Voyage  of  the  Hoppergrass.     Edmund  L.  Pearson.     Macmillan.     348  p. 
$1.50. 
Lively  account  of  a  boy's  cruise  around  a  New  England  river  and  bay. 
ab  Water  babies.    Charles  Kingslet.    Macmillan.    50  cents. 
b  We  all.    Octave  Thanet.    Appleton.    $1.50. 

Scene  laid  in  Arkansas. 
b  Weatherby's  inning.     Ralph  H.  Barbour.     Appleton.     249  p.  .  $1.25. 

A  story  of  college  life,  giving  descriptions  of  experiences  in  the  baseball  field  and  elsewhere, 
c  Westward  ho !  or  the  voyages  and  adventures  of  Sir  Amyas  Leigh,  Knight  of  Bur- 
roughs, of  the  County  of  Devon,  in  the  reign  of  her  most  glorious  Majesty  Queen 
Elizabeth.    Charles  Kingsley.    Macmillan.    $1. 
be  What  Katy  did;    What  Katy  did   at  school;  and  What  Katy  did  next.    Susan 
Coolidge.     Little.     3  vols.    $1.25  each. 
The  story  of  Katy  from  little  girlhood  to  womanhood. 
b  When  Max  came.     Edna  A.  Brown.     Lothrop.     423  p.     illus.     $1.20  net. 

Portrays  good  comradeship  of  boys  and  girls,  in  a  wholesome  natural  atmosphere. 
c  When  Patty  went  to  college.    Jean  Webster.     Century.    280  p.    illus. 

Short  stories  about  a  group  of  lively  college  girls. 
be  When  Sarah  saved  the  day.     Elsie  Singmaster.     H.  &  M.     135  p.     illus.     75 
cents. 

A  quaint,  pathetic  story  of  a  sixteen-year-old  Pennsylvania  Dutch  girl.    The  book  has  a  wholesome 
atmosphere  of  undaunted  courage  under  grievous  difficulties. 
c  (The)  White  company.    A.  Conan  Doyle.     Crowell.     $1.25. 
English  historical  novel  of  the  fourteenth  century. 

abc  Why  the  chimes  rang.     Raymond  McDonald  Alden.     Bobbs-Merrill  co.     148  p. 

Eleven  fine  stories,  among  them  the  "  The  Knights  of  the  silver  shield."    Useful  to  the  story-teller. 
be  (The)  Wide-awake  girls.     Katharine  R.  Ellis.     Little.     317  p.     $1.50. 

A  story  of  the  friends  made  by  the  correspondence  of  a  young  girl  with  readers  of  the  "  Wide  awake" 
magazine. 
b  (The)    Widow    O'Callaghan's    boys.     Gulielma    Zollinger.     McClurg.     297    p. 
$1.25. 
Cheerful  happenings  in  a  family  of  manly,  hard-working  boys. 
be  Wilderness  castaways.    Dillon  Wallace.    McClurg.     322  p.    $1.25  net. 

The  son  of  a  millionaire  and  a  sailor  lad  are  cast  away  in  the  Hudson  Bay  country.    They  have  a 
perilous  trip  through  the  wilderness,  which  wonderfully  develops  their  character. 
6  William  Henry  letters.    Mrs.  A.  M.  Diaz.     Lothrop.    $1. 

Written  from  boarding  school. 
c  Williams  of  West  Point.    Hugh  S.  Johnson.    Appleton.    293  p.    $1.50. 

Work  and  play,  defeats  and  victories  of  a  West  Point  cadet  who  stands  for  honor,  steadfastness,  and 
truth.    Gives  many  details  of  West  Point  life, 
c  (The)  Wind  in  the  willows.     Kenneth  Grahame.     Scribner.     302  p.     $1.50. 

An  unusually  attractive  tale  of  animal  adventure  told  with  the  rare  charm  seen  in  "The  golden 
age"  and  "Dream  days,"  by  the  same  author.  Fascinating  for  older  readers;  and  may  be  read  to 
younger  ones 


36  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOB  CHILDREN. 

b  (The)  Wolf  patrol.    John  Finnemorb.     Black.     297  p.     $2. 

About  a  boy  scout  patrol  in  England. 
b  (The)  Wonder  clock,  or  four  and  twenty  marvelous  tales,  being  one  for  each  hoar 

of  the  day.     Howard  Pyle.     Illus.  by  the  author.     Harper.     $2. 
b  Wonder  stories.     Hans  Christian  Andersen.     H.  &  M.     159  p.     illus.     $1. 

Supplements  the  volume  entitlod  Stories  and  tales. 
b  Wulf  the  Saxon.    G.  A.  Henty.     Scribner.     $1.50 

Time  of  the  Norman  conquest. 
be  (A)  York  and  a  Lancaster  rose.     Annie  Keary.     Macmillan.     352  p.     $1. 

About  two  English  girls  named  Rose. 
be  (The)  Young  ice  whalers.    Winthrop  Packard.     H.  &  M.     397  p.    $1.20. 

Experiences  of  a  young  man  on  a  whaling  vessel  and  also  in  the  frozen  north,  where  he  undergoes 
many  hardships  during  two  years,  finally  reaching  the  gold  regions  of  Alaska  and  thence  his  own 
home. 
c  Young  trailers.    Joseph  A.  Altsheler.     Appleton.    $1.50. 

A  tale  of  adventure  with  Indians  in  the  early  Kentucky  days. 

10.  POETRY. 

This  list  does  not  aim  to  do  more  than  suggest  a  little  of  the  good 
poetry  which  should  be  read  by  children  of  this  age  or  read  to  them. 
Boys  will  be  found  especially  fond  of  heroic  poetry.  "The  revenge," 
by  Tennyson,  is  almost  faultless  as  a  hero  poem ;  Scott  and  Macauley 
are  always  loved.  Children  have  very  little  comprehension  yet  of 
love  or  any  of  the  more  complex  emotions.  It  is  therefore  only 
the  earlier  and  simpler  of  the  Arthurian  legends  which  are  adapted 
to  their  reading.  It  is  well  not  to  let  feats  of  arms  be  the  sole  sub- 
ject of  heroic  poetry.  "The  legend  beautiful"  and  "The  vision  of 
Sir  Launfal"  are  hero  poems  as  well  as  "The  charge  of  the  light 
brigade." 

In  choosing  poetry  for  memorizing  the  following  pamphlet  is 
helpful:  A  selected  list  of  poems  suitable  to  be  learned  by  children. 
Selected  by  a  committee  of  the  Washington  branch  of  the  Associa- 
tion of  collegiate  alumnae.  Press  of  W.  F.  Roberts,  Washington, 
D.  C.     25  cents. 

Many  of  the  general  collections  also  will  be  found  to  contain  poems 
within  the  comprehension  of  even  young  children.  It  is  better  to 
give  them  some  great  poetry  which  will  be  enjoyed  for  the  rliythm  and 
sound  than  to  confine  them  to  poems  written  for  children. 

The  value  of  poetry  in  a  child's  life  has  been  thus  expressed: 

"  Rhythmic  motion,  or  the  flow  of  measured  and  beautiful  sounds, 
harmonizes  their  differences,  tunes  them  up  to  their  tasks,  disciplines 
their  conduct,  comforts  their  hurts,  quiets  their  nerves;  all  this  apart 
from  the  facts  more  or  less  important  from  the  point  of  view  of  liter- 
ature, that  it  cultivates  their  ear,  improves  their  taste,  and  provides 
them  a  genuinely  artistic  pleasure."  (McClintock:  Literature  in 
the  elementary  school.) 

Blue  poetry  book.     Andrew  Lang,  comp.    Longmans.     $2. 

(A)  Book  of  famous  verse.    Agnes  Repplier,  comp.    H.  &  M.     75  cents 

Book  of  joyous  children.     James  Whitcomb  Riley.     Scribner.    $1.20 


1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOE  CHILDREN.  37 

Book  of  verses  for  children.     Edward  Verrill  Lucas,  comp.     Hoh.    $2. 

Child  life  in  poetry.    John  G.  Whittier,  comp.     H.  &  M.    illus.    $1.12. 

(A)  Child's  garden  of  verse.    Robert  Louis  Stevenson.    Scribner.    60  cents. 

(The)  Child's  harvest  of  verse.    Mary  Wilder  Tileston.    Little.    323  p.    illus. 

$1.50. 
Children's  book  of  poetry.    H.  T.  Coates,  comp.    Winston.    $1.34. 
Complete  poetical  works.     H.  W.  Longfellow.     H.  &  M.    $2. 
Days  and  deeds:  A  book  of  verse.    B.  E.  Stevenson  and  E.  B.  Stevenson,  comp. 

Baker.    $1. 
Evangeline.    H.  W.  Longfellow.     H.  &  M.    40  cents. 
Golden  numbers.     K.  D.  Wiggin  and  N.  A.  Smith,  editors.    McClure.    $1.25. 
Golden  staircase.    Louey  Chisholm,  comp.    Putnam.    $1.50. 
Golden  treasury.    Francis  T.  Palgrave.    Macmillan.    $1. 
Grandmother's  story  and  other  poems.    O.  W.  Holmes.    H.  &  M.    25  cents. 
Heart  of  youth.    Young  people's  poems;  gay  and  grave.    Jeannette  L.  Gilder, 

comp.    Sturgis  &  Walton.    $1.25.  « 

Land  of  song.    Katharine  H.  Shute,  comp.     Silver.     3  vols.:  vol.  1,  36  cents; 

vol.  2,  48  cents;  vol.  3,  54  cents.    • 
Lays  of  ancient  Rome.    T.  B.  Macaulay.    H.  &  M.    25  cents. 
Love  songs  of  childhood.     Eugene  Field.    Scribner.     75  cents. 
Lullaby  land.    Eugene  Field.    Scribner.    $1.12. 
Lyra  heroica.     William  E.  Henley,  comp.    Scribner.     $1.25. 
(The)  Pied  piper  of  Hamlin.    Robert  Browning.     Illus.  by  Hope  Dunlap.    McNally. 

$1.50. 
Poems  of  childhood.    Eugene  Field.     Illus.  by  Maxfield  Parrish.    Scribner.     $2.50. 
Poems  that  every  child  should  know.    Mary  E.   Burt,   comp.     Doubleday.    90 

cents  net. 
(The)  Posy  Ring.    Kate  D.  Wiggin  and  Nora  A.  Smith,  editors.    Doubleday.     $1.25. 
Rhymes  and  jingles.    Mary  Mapes  Dodge.    Scribner.    $1.10. 
Songs  every  child  should  know.     Dolores  Bacon,  ed.     Doubleday.    90  cents. 
Story-telling  poems.    Frances  J.  Olcott,  comp.     H.  &  M.    $1.25. 
Stories  and  poems  for  children.    Celia  Thaxter.     H.  &  M.    60  cents.     Also  $1.10. 
Vision  of  Sir  Launfal.    J.  R.  Lowell.     H.  &  M.     75  cents. 
With  trumpet  and  drum.    Eugene  Field.     Scribner.    75  cents. 

11.  BOOKS  FOR  OCCUPATION  AND  AMUSEMENT. 

be  At  home  in  the  water.    George  H.  Corsan.    Y.  M.  C.  A.  press.    157  p.    illus. 
75  cents.     Paper,  50  cents. 
Instruction  in  swimming, 
c  Box  furniture.     Louise  Brigham.    Century.     304  p.    $1.60. 

How  to  make  a  hundred  useful  things  for  the  home. 
be  (The)  Boy  craftsman.    Practical  and  profitable  ideas  for  a  boy's  leisure  hours. 

A.  Neely  Hall.     Lothrop.     393  p.    $1.50. 
be  Boy   scouts   of   America.    Official  handbook.     Doubleday.    400   p.     50  cents; 
paper,  25  cents. 
A  handbook  of  woodcraft,  scouting  and  lifecraft.    Valuable  for  any  boy  to  own. 
Camping  for  boys.    William  Henry  Gibson.    Y.  M.  C.  A.    $1. 
ab  (The)  Child's  rainy  day  book.     Mary  White.     Doubleday.    215  p.    $1. 

A  book  showing  children  how  to  make  many  things. 
c  Emergencies.     Charlotte  Emily  Gulick.     Ginn.     173  p.     illus.     40  cents  net. 

Teaches  in  a  simple,  direct  way  what  to  do  in  case  of  all  kinds  of  accidents  and  how  to  avoid  them. 
Based  on  the  careful  study  of  accidents  to  chfldren  reported  in  the  newspaper  press  during  a  period 
of  nine  months. 
6c  Games  for  the  playground,  home,  school  and  gymnasium.    Jessie  H    Bancroft. 
Macmillan.    456  p.    illus.    $1.50. 


38  1,000  GOOD  BOOKS  FOR  CHILDREN. 

be  Harper's  camping  and  scouting.    G.  B.  Grinnell  ami  E.  L.  Swan      Harper.  398 p. 

$1.75. 
6c  Harper's  indoor  book  for  boys.    Joseph  H.  Adams.     Harper.     364  p.    $1.35. 
6c  Harper's  outdoor  book  for  boys.    Joseph   U.   Adams.     Harper.     381  p.     illus. 

$1.75. 
6c  Home  candy-making.     Sarah  C.  Rorer.     Arnold.     89  p.    50  cents. 
6c  (The)  House  of  the  heart  and  other  plays  for  children.    Constance  D'Arcy  Mao 
kay.     Holt.    226  p.    $1.20  net. 

Ten  one-act  plays  for  children,  suitable  for  public  school,  settlement  and  church  entertainments. 
Full  directions  for  dramatic  action  and  for  the  simple  settings  and  costumes  are  given  with  each 
play. 
ab  How  to  dress  a  doll.    Mary  E.  Morgan.    Altemus.     95  p.    illus.    50  cents. 

Every  process  in  making  a  doll's  wardrobe  is  fully  explained  by  an  experienced  sewing  teacher, 
and  made  clear  with  the  help  of  diagrams.    Ail  the  steps  in  plain  sewing  are  covered. 
6c  Jack  of  all  trades.     D.  C.  Beard.     Scribner.    287  p.    $2. 

A  most  suggestive  book  for  boys  of  all  ages,  giving  carefully  illustrated  descriptions  of  occupations 
and  amusements  indoors  and  out.    Recommended  for  home  or  school. 
ab  Lady  Hollyhock  and  her  friends;  a  book  of  nature  dolls  and  others.     Margaret  C. 
Walker.     Baker.     153  p.    $1.25. 

Shows  how  to  make  the  acorn  family,  pansy  ladies,  radish  babies  and  many  other  entertaining 
people. 
be  (A)  Little  cook  book  for  a  little  girl.    Caroline  B.  Burrell.     Estes.     179  p. 

75  cents. 
06  Little  folks'  handy  book.     Lina  Beard  and  Adelia  B.  Beard.     Scribner.     144  p. 
75  cents. 

Simple  handicraft  for  little  children.    Differs  from  kindergarten  books  in  that  the  toys  suggested 
by  text  and  illustrations  are  made  from  empty  spools,  clothes  pins,  kindling  wood,  etc.,  encouraging 
resourcefulness  and  simplicity  in  play.    Children  of  nine  and  ten  can  use  it  without  help. 
6  Little  gardens  for  boys  and  girls.    Myrta  M.  Higgins.      H.  &  M.     152  p.    illus. 
$1.10. 
Practical  hints  about  what  to  plant  and  when. 
ab  Little  plays  for  little  people.    Marion  I.  Noyes.     Ginn.     122  p.     35  cents. 

Sixteen  short,  easily  learned  plays  for  little  children,  with  clear  directions  for  stage  settings  and 
costumes. 
6c  Magical  experiments.    Arthur  Good.     McKay.     329  p.    illus.    $1.25. 
6  Saturday  mornings.     Caroline  B.  Burrell.     Estes.     170  p.     75  cents. 

How  Margaret  learned  to  keep  house. 
6e  Silver  thread  and  other  folk  plays  for  young  people.     Holt.    239  p.     $1.10  net. 

Eight  plays  from  the  folk-lore  of  different  nations,  arranged  for  use  in  grammar  grades. 
a  Stick  and  pea  plays.     Charles  S.  Pratt.     Lothrop.     112  p.     54  cents. 

A  little  book  describing  objects  that  children  can  make  from  sticks  and  peas. 
6c  Three  hundred  things  a  bright  girl  can  do.   Lilla  E.  Kelly.   Lippincott.  437  p.  $2. 
6c  What  a  girl  can  make  and  do.     Lina  Beard  and  Adelia  B.  Beard.     S-ribner. 
391  p.    $1.60. 

A  book  describing  articles  that  an  ingenious  girl  can  make,  and  games  and  entertainments  that 
she  can  enjoy.    Recommended  as  a  useful  book  in  the  home. 
6e  What  shall  we  do  now?     D.  F.  Canfield.     Stokes.    409  p.    $1.50. 

Games  and  pastimes  for  American  children. 
6c  When  mother  lets  us  cook.     Constance  Johnson.    Moffat.    95p.    illus.    75cents. 
Fifty  simple  recipes  selected  "with  a  view  to  economy  and  a  child's  diet,"  which  most  girls  o 
ten  could  understand  and  use.    Directions  for  each  dish  are  prefaced  by  a  list  of  ingredients  and 
utensils  needed.    Interspersed  are  more  important  cooking  rules  in  doggerel. 
a6c  When  mother  lets  us  garden.     Frances  Duncan.     Moffat.     Ill  p.    illus.    75 
cents. 

A  simple  written  and  attractive  book,  telling  just  how  to  begin  a  little  garden  and  how  to  plant  and 
care  for  the  flowers  and  vegetables  that  grow  most  easily.    There  is  also  a  section  on  indoor  gardening. 
06  When  mother  lets  us  give  a  party.    Elsie  D.  Yale.    Moffat.    97  p.     75  cents. 
ab  When  mother  lets  us  keep  pets.     Angela  M.  Keyes.     Moffat.     102  p.     75  cents. 
A  few  simple  rules  for  the  care  of  animals,  which  children  themselves  can  carry  out 


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ab  When  mother  lets  us  play.    Angela  M.   Keyes.     Moffat.     134    p.    illus.  75 

cents. 
c  (The")  Wonderland  of  stamps.    W.  D. Burroughs.     Stokes.    220p.    illus.    IL.50. 
A  good-natured  uncle  with  a  large  stamp  collection  tells  to  nephews  and  nieces  many  stories  •/  tht 

history  and  meaning  oi  the  stamps. 

be  Woodworking  for  beginners.    Charles  G.  Wheeler.    Putnam.    $2  50 
12.  KEY  TO  PUBLISHERS. 

Altemus. — Henry  Altemus,  Philadelphia, 

Am.  bk.  co. — American  Book  Co.,  New  York  and  Chicago. 

Appleton. — D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Arnold. — Arnold  &  Co.,  Philadelphia. 

Atkinson. — Atkinson,  Mentzer  &  Grover,  Chicago. 

Baker. — Baker  and  Taylor,  New  York  City. 

Barnes. — A.  S.  Barnes,  New  York  City. 

Black. — Adam  and  Charles  Black,  London. 

Bobbs. — Bobbs-Merrill  Co.,  Indianapolis. 

Burt.— A.  L.  Burt,  New  York  City. 

Century. — The  Century  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Crowell— T.  Y.  dwell  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Dent. — J.  M.  Dent  &  Co.,  London. 

Dodd.— Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Dodge. — Dodge  Publishing  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Doubleday. — Doubleday,  Page  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Duffield.— Duffield  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Dutton.— E.  C.  Dutton,  New  York  City. 

Educ.  pub.  co. — Educational  Pub.  Co.,  Boston. 

Estes. — Dana  Estes  &  Co.,  Boston. 

Eyre  &  Spottiswoode. — Bible  Warehouse,  London. 

Flanagan. — Flanagan,  Chicago. 

Forbes. — Forbes  &  Co.,  445  South  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago. 

Ginn. — Ginn  &  Co.,  Boston. 

Grosset. — Grosset  &  Dunlap,  New  York  City. 

Hachette. — Hachette  et  Cie,  79  Boulevard  Saint-Germain,  Paris,  Franc*. 

Harper. — Harper  &  Bros.,  New  York  City. 

Heath.— D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.,  Boston. 

Hodder. — Hodder  and  Stoughton,  New  York  City. 

Holt.— Henry  Holt  &  Co.,  34  West  Thirty-third  Street,  New  York  City. 

H.  &  M. — Houghton  Mifflin  Co.,  4  Park  Street,  Boston. 

Jacobs. — George  W.  Jacobs,  Philadelphia. 

Lippincott. — J.  B.  Lippincott,  Washington  Square,  Philadelphia. 

Little. — Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  34  Beacon  Street,  Boston. 

Longmans. — Longmans,  Green  &  Co.,  Fourth  Avenue  and  Thirtieth  Street,  New  York 

City. 
Lothrop. — Lothrop,  Lee  and  Shepard  Co.,  Boston. 
McClurg. — A.  C.  McClurg,  Chicago. 

McDevitt-Wilson  —  McDevitt-Wilson,  30  Church  Street,  New  York  City. 
McKay. — David  McKay,  Philadelphia. 
Macmillan. — The  Macmillan  Co.,  New  York  City. 
Merrill.— Charles  E.  Merrill,  New  York  City. 
Nelson. — Thomas  Nelson  &  Sons,  New  York  City. 
Newson. — Newson  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 
Outlook. — Outlook  Publishing  Co.,  New  York  City. 
Page— L.  C.  Page  &  Co..  New  York  City. 


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Peareon. — C.  Arthur  Peareon,  London. 

Penn. — Penn  Publishing  Co.,  Philadelphia. 

Pilgrim. — The  Pilgrim  Press,  14  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  and  19  West  Jackson  Street, 

Chicago. 
Plon. — Plon-Nourrit  et  Cie,  Rue  Garanciero,  8,  Paris,  France. 
Pott.— James  Pott  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 
Pub.  school. — Public  School  Publishing  Co.,  Blooinington,  111. 
Putnam. — G.  C.  Putnam's  Sons,  New  York  City. 
Rand. — Rand  McNally  Co.,  Chicago. 
Reed. — Chester  A.  Reed,  Boston. 
Revell. — Flemiug  H.  Revell  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 
St.  John.— Thomas  M.  St.  John,  New  York  City. 

Scribner. — Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  153-157  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Silver. — Silver,  Burdett,  New  York  City. 
Small. — Small,  Maynard,  Boston.  • 

Stokes.— Frederick  A.  Stokes  Co.,  443-449  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York  City 
Wagnall. — Funk  and  Wagnall,  New  York  City. 
Warne. — Frederick  A.  Warne  A  Co.,  New  York  City. 
Wilde.— W.  A.  Wilde,  Boston. 
Wiley. — John  Wiley  &  Sons,  New  York  City. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  press. — Association  Press,  New  York  City. 


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